"Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory" God holds pagan rulers accountable! Both Luke and Josephus agree that God's judgment fell on Herod because he glorified himself rather than God. It is. terrible crime against God to not give Him the glory. Are we seeking glory for ourselves or for Him? "He was eaten by worms and died" These may have been intestinal worms similar in size and appearance to what we call earthworms. Josephus informs us how. terrible pain in the abdomen seized Herod as he addressed the crowd. He collapsed in his box at the theater, and was carried out. dying man. He lingered five days before he died. At this death, his son Agrippa II was seventeen, and power was shifted into the hands of. Roman governor, which gave the Christians. temporary respite from persecution.

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