The name “Herod” is limited to the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts, and it describes four different men.  Herod the Great, who ruled over Judea from 37-4 B.C., was in power when Jesus was born (Mt. 2:1).  He ordered the deaths of children in the area of Bethlehem (Mt. 2:16).  Herod Antipas, who ruled from 4 B.C. to A.D. 39, was tetrarch of Perea and Galilee.  He married his brother’s wife (Mk. 6:17) and ordered the death of John the Baptist (Mt. 14).  The last two were Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great who killed James (Acts 12).  He ruled from 10 B.C.-44 A.D.  Herod Agrippa Israel, who was the son of Agrippa I, ruled from A.D. 27-93 and was involved with Paul’s trial (Acts 25).