From the Taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Death of Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus

the ornaments which he had given her, which cost a great many talents, and
cast her out of the palace a second time. He also took care of Pheroras's
women after their tortures, as being now reconciled to them; but he was in
great consternation himself, and inflamed upon every suspicion, and had
many innocent persons led to the torture, out of his fear lest he should leave
any guilty person untortured.
5. And now it was that he betook himself to examine Antipater of
Samaria, who was the steward of [his son] Antipater; and upon torturing him,
he learned that Antipater had sent for a potion of deadly poison for him out
of Egypt, by Antiphilus, a companion of his; that Theudio, the uncle of
Antipater, had it from him, and delivered it to Pheroras; for that Antipater
had charged him to take his father off while he was at Rome, and so free him
from the suspicion of doing it himself: that Pheroras also committed this
potion to his wife. Then did the king send for her, and bid her bring to him
what she had received immediately. So she came out of her house as if she
would bring it with her, but threw herself down from the top of the house, in
order to prevent any examination and torture from the king. However, it
came to pass, as it seems by the providence of God, when he intended to
bring Antipater to punishment, that she fell not upon her head, but upon
other parts of her body, and escaped. The king, when she was brought to
him, took care of her, (for she was at first quite senseless upon her fall,) and
asked her why she had thrown herself down; and gave her his oath, that if
she would speak the real truth, he would excuse her from punishment; but
that if she concealed any thing, he would have her body torn to pieces by
torments, and leave no part. of it to be buried.
6. Upon this the woman paused a little, and then said, "Why do I spare to
speak of these grand secrets, now Pheroras is dead? that would only tend to
save Antipater, who is all our destruction. Hear then, O king, and be thou,
and God himself, who cannot be deceived, witnesses to the truth of what I
am going to say. When thou didst sit weeping by Pheroras as he was dying,
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