Philip, late in his reign, had married…

Philip, late in his reign, had married Salome, the daughter of Herodias, who the Gospels paint as her mother's tool in securing from Herod Antipas the execution of John the Baptist.

The most peaceable of the three inheritors of Herod's throne, Philip rules the northern third of the former Judean kingdom until his death in CE 34, after which the Romans add his territory to the province of Syria.