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The Jewish Antiquities by Josephus, book 17 chapt 7-9, make clear that Herod the Great died between the date of the lunar eclipse and the date of Passover, which was presumably a fairly short span, and that the eclipse took place within a few days of a public fast.
No such fast day occurs in December or January, but there is a fast the precedes the minor festival of Purim (which usually occurs in March), namely the Fast of Esther, on the 13th of Adar. A lunar eclipse would necessarily have been on the 15th of Jewish month, the night of the full moon. As Purim comes one month prior to Passover, this supports the 4 BC eclipse against the 1 BC eclipse.
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