Herod Agrippa I., king of Judea and Chal-cis, son of Aristobulus, and grandson of Herod the Great, born in the year 10 B. C, died A. D. 44. He was a favorite of his grandfather, who after the death of his father sent him to Rome, where he was educated. Caligula gave him the tetrarchy of Judea with the title of king (37). For services rendered, the emperor Claudius, after the banishment of Herod Antipas, gave him all the provinces of ancient Ju-dea and the kingdom of Chalcis, so that he became of a sudden one of the greatest princes of the East. A part of his history is written in the Acts of the Apostles (xii.). He governed much to the satisfaction of the Jews, and, probably from a desire of pleasing the fanatical party, put to death the apostle James, and shut up Peter in prison. At Caesarea, while he was giving games in honor of Claudius, the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon waited on him, desiring peace. Arrayed in royal apparel, he sat on his throne and made an oration to them, and they glorified him as a god.

He willingly received the impious flattery, but soon died miserably after a reign of seven years.