A dictionary of the . of a highmountain apart. Conder notes it as acurious observation that on the sum-mit of Hermon there is often a suddenaccumulation of cloud, as quickly againdispersed, often visible when the re-mainder of the atmosphere is perfectlyclear. . We cannot fail to be remindedin this phenomenon of the cloud thatovershadowed the apostles. CaesareaPhilippi, where Christ was just beforethe transfiguration, is at the foot ofHermon, and there are several retiredplaces on the mountain-side where itmight well have occurred. It fits intothe points of the narrative in the Gos-pel
A dictionary of the . of a highmountain apart. Conder notes it as acurious observation that on the sum-mit of Hermon there is often a suddenaccumulation of cloud, as quickly againdispersed, often visible when the re-mainder of the atmosphere is perfectlyclear. . We cannot fail to be remindedin this phenomenon of the cloud thatovershadowed the apostles. CaesareaPhilippi, where Christ was just beforethe transfiguration, is at the foot ofHermon, and there are several retiredplaces on the mountain-side where itmight well have occurred. It fits intothe points of the narrative in the Gos-pels far better than Tabor, where themonastic tradition (Greek and Latin)locates this wonderful event. See Tabor. HERMONITES, THE, prop-erly the Hermons, referring to thethree peaks of liermon, Ps. 42:6, 7. HEROD. 1. Herod the Great,king of Judaea, B. c. 40-b. c. 4. In hisreign Christ was born, Matt. 2 : was a man of unusual executive abil-ity, of iron will, of consummate shrewd-ness and cunning, but of violent pas-. Bronze Coin of Herod the Great. sions, and cruel and unscrupulous inthe choice of means to accomplish hisdesigns. He was by descent an Idu-maean and the son of Antipater, whohad been appointed by Julius Caesarprocurator of Judaea, B. c. 47. At theage of 25, Herod was made governor ofGalilee, subsequently appointed tetrarchof Judaea by Antony, B. c. 40, and after-ward, by the Roman senate, king ofJudaea. He was obliged to fight for hiskingdom, and with the aid of the Ro-mans wrested it out of the hands of hisenemies. Antigonus, the high priest,and the last representative of the As-monaean family in that office, was takenand executed, a. d. Herods reign was in one sense a mostbrilliant one. Following the exampleof the Roman emperor Augustus, helavished vast sums of money on publicworks. He founded and built a beauti-ful city on the coast, which he named,after his royal master, Caesarea. Healso rebuilt the city of Samaria, whichhad been completely destroye
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