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Historical Writings

B.C. (Before Christ)

Writings of Flavius Josephus

Antiquities of the Jews

Book 17 — Containing The Interval Of 14 Years. From The Death Of Alexander And Aristobulus To The Banishment Of Archelaus.

Chapter 1 — How Antipater Was Hated By All The Nation [Of The Jews] For The Slaughter Of His Brethren; And How, For That Reason He Got Into Peculiar Favor With His Friends At Rome, By Giving Them Many Presents; As He Did Also With Saturninus, The President Of Syria And The Governors Who Were Under Him; And Concerning Herod's Wives And Children

Chapter 2 — Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots Laid By Antipater Against His Father; And Somewhat About The Pharisees

Chapter 3 — Concerning The Enmity Between Herod And Pheroras; How Herod Sent Antipater To Caesar; And Of The Death Of Pheroras

Chapter 4 — Pheroras's Wife Is Accused By His Freedmen, As Guilty Of Poisoning Him; And How Herod, Upon Examining; Of The Matter By Torture Found The Poison; But So That It Had Been Prepared For Himself By His Son Antipater; And Upon An Inquiry By Torture He Discovered The Dangerous Designs Of Antipater

Chapter 5 — Antipater's Navigation From Rome To His Father; And How He Was Accused By Nicolaus Of Damascus And Condemned To Die By His Father, And By Quintilius Varus, Who Was Then President Of Syria; And How He Was Then Bound Till Caesar Should Be Informed Of His Cause

Chapter 6 — Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition Which The Jews Raised Thereupon; With The Punishment Of The Seditious

Chapter 7 — Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And A Little Afterwards He Orders Antipater To Be Slain

Chapter 8 — Concerning Herod's Death, And Testament, And Burial

Chapter 9 — How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How He Sailed To Rome

Chapter 10 — A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The Authors Of It To Punishment

Chapter 11 — An Embassage To Caesar; And How Caesar Confirmed Herod's Testament

Chapter 12 — Concerning A Spurious Alexander