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Antipater

  1. A goodwill ambassador sent out with Numenius to the Spartans and Romans by Jonathan, the high priest (1 Maccabees 12:16; 14:22).

  2. The father of Herod the Great. See Herod, Herodian Family.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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