| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat | ATK 60 DEF 40 SPR 10 SPD 45 INT 65 |
| Rank | King of Judea (41-44 AD) / Grandson of Herod the Great |
| Domain | Political power, persecution, divine judgment |
| Alignment | Adversary |
| Key Act | Executed the apostle James (son of Zebedee) by sword -- the first apostle martyred; imprisoned Peter (who was freed by an angel); accepted divine honors from a crowd ("The voice of a god, not a man!"); immediately struck down by the angel of the LORD: "he was eaten by worms and died" (Acts 12:23) |
| Source | Acts 12:1-23; Josephus, *Antiquities* 19.8.2 |
The most dramatically ironic death in Acts. Agrippa persecuted the church to please the Jewish establishment, killed James, and arrested Peter (who escaped via angel). Then at a public event in Caesarea, the crowd called him a god. He didn’t refuse the honor. “Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died” (Acts 12:23). Josephus independently confirms the event, describing Agrippa in brilliant robes, the crowd’s adulation, and his sudden death five days later from severe abdominal pain.
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