Upon a set day; this was (says Josephius, cap. 19. lib. 7) the second day of the sports or games, which Herod had instituted in honour of the emperor Claudius; or, it may he, such a day as Herod had appointed to determine the diffrence between him and the Tyrians. Royal apparel; such, saith Josephus, as were made of silver, woven with extraordinary art, and did reflect strangely the beams of the sun shining upon it. Sat upon his throne; an elevated place, from whence he might the better be seen and heard.
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Acts 12:21
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.