The Wars of the Jews

Hyrcanus (son of Herod of Chalcis and Bernice)

Also known as: Hyrcanus · Family: Herodian · Role: son of Herod · First appears: Book II, Chapter 11

In Book II, Chapter 11, Herod, king of Chalcis, died, leaving behind his two sons by his brother’s daughter Bernice, Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus. He also left Aristobulus, his son by his former wife Mariamne, making Bernie Janus and Aristobulus Hyrcanus’s siblings.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Herod died, leaving Bernie Janus, Hyrcanus, and Aristobulus behind.(Book II, Chapter 11)
    • With: Herod (king of Chalcis) Bernie Janus Aristobulus (son of Herod)
    • “Now after this, Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus. [He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”

Book II, Chapter 11

  • parent: Herod (king of Chalcis) (Herod is the father of Hyrcanus.) “After this, Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus.”
  • parent: Bernice (daughter of Agrippa and Cypros) (Bernice is the mother of Hyrcanus.) “After this, Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus.”
  • siblings with Bernie Janus “their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus”
  • siblings with Aristobulus (son of Herod of Chalcis) (They are both identified as Herod's sons.) “Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus. [He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”

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