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Jerusalem, Caesarea, Sebaste, Jericho, and at the mountain fortresses of Masada, Machaerus and the
Herodium.

Herodium Machaerus Masada

Bob Cornuke’s Temple Mount Discovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBWNp6Rq9s

The Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqDx3RDCos

Third Jewish Temple Will Be Rebuilt! Fulfilling Bible Prophecy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFSCVw00NQ

Herod’s crowning achievement was the new port city of Caesarea he named in honor of Emperor
Augustus. This magnificent and opulent city was dedicated in 9 BC. The city was laid out on a Greek grid
plan, with a market, an aqueduct, government offices, baths, villas, a circus, and several pagan temples.
The man-made port was a stunning masterpiece of engineering that included a use of ancient concrete
that hardened under water.

Despite all the beautiful buildings he offered the Jewish people, Herod was greatly hated by the people
he ruled. The Sadducees hated him because he had ended the family dynasty that had given them much
more power. The Pharisees despised him for his immoral behavior. Herod built pagan temples in
multiple locations around Israel, bowed to pagan gods in Rome and practiced open sexual immorality.
He certainly did not claim to abide by the teachings of the Torah. The masses also hated him, even
though so many gained their livelihoods from his financing. Taxes were extremely high, in part because
tax collectors could extort even more money than Rome demanded.

Herod never hesitated to use Roman military force to subdue a suspected rebellion or threat to his
authority.

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