The Herodian Fortress in Bethlehem, a Storied Place in Israel's History

The site of herodian is not mentioned a single time in the new testament. Josephus makes a number of allusions to it, but you can clearly see that this is a dominant landscape feature of beth Bethlehem. It informs precisely this story in luke chapter two, in matthew chapter two a.i always envision it as kind of like the eye of saron,you know, the doleful dor tower that over that's looking over towards bethlehem.