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Bible Encyclopedias
Costobarus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Κοστόβαρος ).
1. An Idumaean of honorable connections, married by Herod to his sister Salome, and appointed governor of Idumaea, but afterwards renounced by her on pretext of his favoring the escape of the sons of Babas, the last scions of the Hyrcanian dynasty, and eventually slain by Herod (Josephus, Ant. 15:7, 8-10).
2. A relative of Agrippa, and a ringleader of the Sicarii in their excesses at Jerusalem (Josephus, War, 20:9, 4).
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Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Costobarus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/costobarus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Costobarus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/costobarus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
