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

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soldiers knew of his death, Salome and her husband came out and dismissed those that were in bonds, whom the king had commanded to be slain, and told them that he had altered his mind, and would have every one of them sent to their own homes. When these men were gone, Salome, told the soldiers [the king was dead], and got them and the rest of the multitude together to an assembly, in the amphitheater at Jericho, where Ptolemy, who was intrusted by the king with his signet ring, came before them, and spake of the happiness the king had attained, and comforted the multitude, and read the epistle which had been left for the soldiers, wherein he earnestly exhorted them to bear good-will to his successor; and after he had read the epistle, he opened and read his testament, wherein Philip was to inherit Trachonitis, and the neighboring countries, and Antipas was to be tetrarch, as we said before, and Archelaus was made king. He had also been commanded to carry Herod's ring to Caesar, and the settlements he had made, sealed up, because Caesar was to be lord of all the settlements he had made, and was to confirm his testament; and he ordered that the dispositions he had made were to be kept as they were in his former testament. 9. So there was an acclamation made to Archelaus, to congratulate him upon his advancement; and the soldiers, with the multitude, went round about in troops, and promised him their good-will, and besides, prayed God to bless his government. After this, they betook themselves to prepare for the king's funeral; and Archelaus omitted nothing of magnificence therein, but brought out all the royal ornaments to augment the pomp of the deceased. There was a bier all of gold, embroidered with precious stones, and a purple bed of various contexture, with the dead body upon it, covered with purple; and a diadem was put upon his head, and a crown of gold above it, and a secptre in his right hand; and near to the bier were Herod's sons, and a multitude of his kindred; next to which came his guards, and the regiment of Thracians, the Germans. also and Gauls, all accounted as if they were going to war; but the rest of the army went foremost, armed, and following their captains and officers in a regular manner; after whom five hundred of his 151
domestic servants and freed-men followed, with sweet spices in their hands: and the body was carried two hundred furlongs, to Herodium, where he had given order to be buried. And this shall suffice for the conclusion of the life of Herod. Footnote: 1. Since in these two sections we have an evident account of the Jewish opinions in the days of Josephus, about a future happy state, and the resurrection of the dead, as in the New Testament, John 11:24, I shall here refer to the other places in Josephus, before he became a catholic Christian, which concern the same matters. Of the War, B. II. ch. 8. sect. 10, 11; B. III. ch. 8. sect. 4; B. VII. ch. 6. sect. 7; Contr. Apion, B. II. sect. 30; where we may observe, that none of these passages are in his Books of Antiquities, written peculiarly for the use of the Gentiles, to whom he thought it not proper to insist on topics so much out of their way as these were. Nor is this observation to be omitted here, especially on account of the sensible difference we have now before us in Josephus's reason of the used by the Rabbins to persuade their scholars to hazard their lives for the vindication of God's law against images, by Moses, as well as of the answers those scholars made to Herod, when they were caught, and ready to die for the same; I mean as compared with the parallel arguments and answers represented in the Antiquities, B. XVII. ch. 6. sect, 2, 3. A like difference between Jewish and Gentile notions the reader will find in my notes on Antiquities, B. III. ch. 7. sect. 7; B. XV. ch. 9. sect. 1. See the like also in the case of the three Jewish sects in the Antiquities, B. XIII. ch. 5. sect. 9, and ch. 10. sect. 4, 5; B. XVIII. ch. 1. sect. 5; and compared with this in his Wars of the Jews, B. II. ch. 8. sect. 2-14. Nor does St. Paul himself reason to Gentiles at Athens, Acts 17:16-34, as he does to Jews in his Epistles. 152
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BOOK 1 FROM THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM
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natural barbarity, indulged all sor
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Footnote: 1. I see little differenc
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of the empire [of Seleucus]. 3. Thi
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again within the wall; and when the
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that accordingly he was come with a
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a brother slain! How long shall I m
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country, together with the Gileadir
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marching against the Arabians; so h
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Chapter 5 The Time the Pharisees We
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as the other cities, Sebaste and Ag
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Hyrcanus was treated unjustly, by b
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low. However, Pompey commanded him
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Chapter 7 Pompey Took the Temple by
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with their Divine worship, and were
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Chapter 8 Alexander Makes an Expedi
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aristocracy. He also parted the who
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Judea; and, upon his taking Tariche
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had lived, to assist him, and came
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Chapter 10 Caesar Makes Antipater P
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sung in Herod's commendation, both
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this by exhorting him to carry his
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Chapter 11 Herod Is Made Procurator
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father's death; but, upon hearing t
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Chapter 12 Antonius Makes Herod and
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took fifteen of them, and put them
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Herod, in his rage for killing them
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egged of him that he would not go o
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11. This was the death of Phasaelus
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eturned back, and went for Egypt. N
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Chapter 15 Antigonus Besieges Those
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guards that were there shot their a
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Chapter 16 Herod Goes to Antony as
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father of seven children, whose chi
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Josephus, has coins still remaining
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ut Sosius sent two legions before h
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ear this blow, so that when the mul
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Chapter 18 Herod and Sosius Took Je
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their commanders, and with a most r
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Chapter 19 Antony Sent Herod to Fig
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accidental misfortunes, than that t
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y the Jews, and a great many by the
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Chapter 20 Herod Is Confirmed in hi
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addition to his kingdom, by giving
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Chapter 21 The Temple That Were Bui
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6. Now although the place where he
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up the remaining space with the mos
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failed, he was not himself the occa
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4. When therefore he was about to t
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