In an act symbolic of the many compromises that Herod would have to make to maintain his grip on power, he led a procession from the Senate to the temple of Jupiter, where he sacrificed to pagan gods.
הייתה זו פשרה אחת מני רבות שהוא נאלץ לעשות כדי להמשיך ולהחזיק ברסן השלטון .‏