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Message Subject Mary The Mother of Jesus, Who Was She? Who was her first born son
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Antipater The first born son of Herod the Great (Herod's half brother) had two wives the second wife, her name is unknown she was from the Hasmonean bloodline. Herod the Great had his first born son killed, his name was Antipater, at the time he had the babies killed to keep Yahoshua the Nazoraion from growing up an taking the throne as high priest and King.

Do we know the identity of the wives of Antipater (son of Herod)? The only source, to my knowledge, would be Josephus. Sure enough there are at least two wives of Antipater listed by Josephus: (a) his 1/2 brother Aristobulus' daughter (Antiquities, Book XVII, Chapter 1) and (b) "the daughter of Antigonus, who was the last king of the Jews before Herod" (Antiquities, Book XVII, Chapter 5). Neither wife is identified by name. Poor Antipater, his father Herod killed the fathers of both his wives. All joking aside, I nearly fell out of my chair upon the discovery that Antipater was indeed married to a daughter of Antigonus. Why? Antigonus was the mortal enemy of Herod. Antipater was the crown prince. Certainly Herod could not have been pleased that his chosen successor had made the daughter of his mortal enemy his principal wife. FN7 This fact adds context to Herod's eventual execution of Antipater, and the boy under 2 years were killed. Hearod thought antipater to be the Father of Yahoshua because of the marriage of Antipater to the daughterof Antigonus who was King of the Jews before Herod under the Hasmonean rule.
 
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