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Herod the Great dies at Jericho; Josephus places the death after an eclipse of the moon, usually dated to 4 BC. Matthew sets the birth of Jesus in his reign, and Luke ties it to a census under Quirinius, which Josephus dates to AD 6.
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- EvidenceT7 PRIMARY DOCUMENT / MEASUREMENT; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- SourcesJosephus, Antiquities 17.167, 17.173, 17.191; 18.1–2.
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