The observance of birth-days was common in early times ( Job 1:4,13,18 ). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt ( Genesis 40:20 ). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of Herod's birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded ( Matthew 14:6 ).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)