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

father's death; but, upon hearing the advice of his brother Phasaelus, not to
punish him in an open manner, lest the multitude should fall into a sedition,
he admitted of Malichus's apology, and professed that he cleared him of that
suspicion; he also made a pompous funeral for his father.
6. So Herod went to Samaria, which was then in a tumult, and settled the
city in peace; after which at the [Pentecost] festival, he returned to
Jerusalem, having his armed men with him: hereupon Hyrcanus, at the
request of Malichus, who feared his reproach, forbade them to introduce
foreigners to mix themselves with the people of the country while they were
purifying themselves; but Herod despised the pretense, and him that gave
that command, and came in by night. Upon which Malithus came to him, and
bewailed Antipater; Herod also made him believe [he admitted of his
lamentations as real], although he had much ado to restrain his passion at
him; however, he did himself bewail the murder of his father in his letters to
Cassius, who, on other accounts, also hated Malichus. Cassius sent him word
back that he should avenge his father's death upon him, and privately gave
order to the tribunes that were under him, that they should assist Herod in a
righteous action he was about.
7. And because, upon the taking of Laodicea by Cassius, the men of
power were gotten together from all quarters, with presents and crowns in
their hands, Herod allotted this time for the punishment of Malichus. When
Malichus suspected that, and was at Tyre, he resolved to withdraw his son
privately from among the Tyrians, who was a hostage there, while he got
ready to fly away into Judea; the despair he was in of escaping excited him
to think of greater things; for he hoped that he should raise the nation to a
revolt from the Romans, while Cassius was busy about the war against
Antony, and that he should easily depose Hyrcanus, and get the crown for
himself.
8. But fate laughed at the hopes he had; for Herod foresaw what he was
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