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title: "Antiquities of the Jews"
author: "Josephus"
translator: "William Whiston"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Second Temple"
section: 18 of 122
url: https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/18/
cite: "Josephus, tr. William Whiston, Antiquities of the Jews, section 18. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/18/"
---

# Antiquities of the Jews

*Josephus, tr. William Whiston*

The history of his people from Creation to the war with Rome.

## 18. BOOK XVII · 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.

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[¶0] 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.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 2. Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots Laid By Antipater Against His Father; And Somewhat About The Pharisees.

[¶2] CHAPTER 2. Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots Laid By Antipater Against His Father; And Somewhat About The Pharisees.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Enmity Between Herod And Pheroras; How Herod Sent Antipater To Cæsar; And Of The Death Of Pheroras.

[¶4] CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Enmity Between Herod And Pheroras; How Herod Sent Antipater To Cæsar; And Of The Death Of Pheroras.

### BOOK XVII · 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.

[¶6] 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.

### BOOK XVII · 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 Cæsar Should Be Informed Of His Cause.

[¶8] 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 Cæsar Should Be Informed Of His Cause.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition Which The Jews Raised Thereupon; With The Punishment Of The Seditious.

[¶10] CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition Which The Jews Raised Thereupon; With The Punishment Of The Seditious.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 7. Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And A Little Afterwards He Orders Antipater To Be Slain.

[¶12] CHAPTER 7. Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And A Little Afterwards He Orders Antipater To Be Slain.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 8. Concerning Herod's Death, And Testament, And Burial.

[¶14] CHAPTER 8. Concerning Herod's Death, And Testament, And Burial.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 9. How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How He Sailed To Rome.

[¶16] CHAPTER 9. How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How He Sailed To Rome.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 10. A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The Authors Of It To Punishment.

[¶18] CHAPTER 10. A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The Authors Of It To Punishment.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 11. An Embassage To Cæsar; And How Cæsar Confirmed Herod's Testament.

[¶20] CHAPTER 11. An Embassage To Cæsar; And How Cæsar Confirmed Herod's Testament.

### BOOK XVII · CHAPTER 12. Concerning A Spurious Alexander.

[¶22] CHAPTER 12. Concerning A Spurious Alexander.