A woman mentioned in Acts 25:13, living during the New Testament period, daughter of Herod Agrippa I and sister of Herod Agrippa II.
About Bernice
The eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. She was present when the apostle Paul spoke to her brother, King Agrippa II (Acts 25:13, 23; 26:30).
Bernice, also spelled Berenice, was born around AD 28. At the age of 13, she married Marcus, the son of a Jewish official named Alexander. After Marcus died, her father arranged for her to marry his elder brother, Herod of Chalcis. Bernice had two sons, Bernicianus and Hyrcanus, before her second husband died in AD 48. When her relationship with her brother, Agrippa II, became closer, rumors of incest began to spread. To counter these rumors, Bernice convinced Polemo, the king of Cilicia, to marry her, but she left him soon after.
Key References
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
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Acts (3)
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.