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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34779" /> ==
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34779" /> ==
<p> [[Berenice]] or BERNICE. Oldest daughter of Herod [[Agrippa]] I (&nbsp;Acts 12:1). [[Married]] to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. Suspected after his death of intimacy with her own brother, Agrippa II, with whom she visited Festus, on his appointment as procurator of Judaea, and heard Paul's defense (&nbsp;Acts 25:13; &nbsp;Acts 25:23; &nbsp;Acts 26:30). Next, she was married to Polemon, king of Cilicia; but left him for her brother. Subsequently, she was mistress of Vespasian, then of Titus, who, when emperor, cast her off. </p>
<p> [[Berenice]] or [[Bernice]] Oldest daughter of Herod [[Agrippa]] I (&nbsp;Acts 12:1). [[Married]] to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. Suspected after his death of intimacy with her own brother, Agrippa II, with whom she visited Festus, on his appointment as procurator of Judaea, and heard Paul's defense (&nbsp;Acts 25:13; &nbsp;Acts 25:23; &nbsp;Acts 26:30). Next, she was married to Polemon, king of Cilicia; but left him for her brother. Subsequently, she was mistress of Vespasian, then of Titus, who, when emperor, cast her off. </p>
          
          
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71606" /> ==
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71606" /> ==