stobulus to the governor of a certain town. And 80 there was in the letter, "We wish to kill our fa"ther, and to flee to you; wherefore prepare us "a place wherein we may remain until the people "assemble round us, and our affairs are settled." And this indeed was confirmed to the king, and 81 appeared probable: wherefore he seized the governor of that city and put him to the torture, that he might confess what was inserted into that letter. Which this man denied, clearing himself 82 from the charge: nor was any thing proved against them in this matter, or in any thing else which the informer had charged upon them. But Herod 83 ordered them to be seized and bound with chains and fetters. Then he went to Tyred, and from Tyre to Cæsarea, carrying them with him in chains. And all the captains and all the soldiers 84 pitied them but no one interceded for them with the king, lest he should admit that to be true of himself which the informer had asserted. Now there was in the army a certain old war- 85 riore who had a son in the service of Alexander. When therefore the old man saw the wretched condition of Herod's two sons, he pitied their change of fortune marvellously, and cried out with as loud a voice as he was able, " Pity is gone; goodness and piety have vanished away; 66 c Of Alexandrium. (Josephus.) d Josephus relates that Herod brought his sons to a public mock trial at Berytus, himself accusing them in most violent language, and allow 66 ing no defence to be made. Of course the unhappy youths were condemned. He then carried them off to Tyre and Cæsarea. eJosephus records his name, which was Tero (or Tiro). 66 66 89 " 86" truth is removed out of the world." Then he said to the king, "O thou merciless to thy chil"dren, enemy of thy friends, and friend to thy "enemies, receiving the words of informers and 87" of persons who wish no good to thee!" And the enemies of Alexander and Aristobulus ran up to him, and reproved him, and said to the king; "O king, it is not love towards you and towards your sons which has induced this man to speak 88"thus; but he has wished to babble out the hatred "which he bare in his heart towards you, and to speak ill of your counsel and administration, as being a faithful adviser. And indeed some ob"servers have informed us of him, that he had "already covenanted with the king's barber, to slay him with the razor while he was shaving 90" him." And the king ordered the old man, and his son, and the barber, to be seized; and the old man and the barber to be scourged with rods till they should confess. And they were beaten with rods most cruelly, and were subjected to various kinds of tortures; but they confessed nothing of those 91 things which they had not done. When therefore the son of the old man saw the his father, and the state to which he had come, he pitied him, and thought that he would be liberated, if he himself should confess that which was laid to his father, after receiving from the king a pro92 mise for his life. Wherefore he said to the king; 66 66 sad condition of "O king, give me security for my father and my"self, that I may tell you that which you are seeking." And the king said, "You may have 93" this." To whom he said; "Alexander had already agreed with my father that he should kill 66 you: but my father agreed with the barber, as "has been told you." Then the king commanded that old man and 94 his son to be slain, and the barber. He likewise ordered both his sons Alexander and Aristobulus to be taken to Sebaste, and there to be slain and fixed on a gibbet: and they were taken, killed, and fixed on a gibbet. Now Alexander left two sons who survived 95 him, namely, Tyrcanes and Alexander, by the daughter of king Archelaus: and Aristobulus left three sons, namely, Aristobulus, Agrippa, and Herod. But the history of Herod's son Antipa- 96 ter has already been described in our former ac counts. f What are the "former "accounts" here spoken of, it is not easy to determine. The subsequent history of Antipater must be sought in the 17th book of the Antiquities of Josephus. In truth, the conclusion of this tragedy, is quite in keeping with the former melancholy scenes of it: Antipater becoming at last afraid of his father, whose ferocious and indiscriminate massacres he had not only witnessed, but had abetted for some time past, seeks means to destroy him by poison: but Herod detecting the plot, although tormented by a complication of diseases, and almost at death's door, summons his last energies to order Antipater to be slain, which is instantly done. He himself follows his son to the grave within five days, one year after the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. END OF BOOK V. INDEX. A. III. xiv. 2, 13, 26. V. iii. 6. AARON, II. vii. 14. IV. vii. Alema, II. v. 26. 10, II. Abel, IV. xviii. 13. Alexander, of Macedon, II. i. Abominations, (i. e. idols,) I. ii. Alexander Balas, II. x. 1, 4, 47 18. vi. 7. of desolation, 3. II. i. 54. xii. II. ii. 52. vii. 17. ix. 21. xiii. 14. XV. 1, Absalom, II. xi. 70. III. xi. 17. 15. Acche, (Ptolemais,) V. xxviii. 2. Adar, (the month,) II. vii. 43, -51, 58, 59, 68, 88. ii. 1, Alexander, son of Alexander He- Adida, in Sephela, II. xii. 38. Alexandra, (I.) wife of Alexan- xiii. 13. Adora, II. xiii. 20. Æmilius, (Paulus,) V. xii. 5. of Simon the high priest, of Herod's reign, V. 1. 5. rod's son, V. lix. 95. 21, 23, 25. ix. 1, 54-57. der Jannæus, V. xxx. 3, 15. lviii. 22. Alexandria, I. ii. 30. iii. 1, 21. Amathis, (or Hamath,) II. xii. Ammon, (country of,) V. xxix. Antiochus VI. (Theos.) II. xi. 19. Ammonites, III. iv. 26. v. 7. Antigonus, (I.) son of Hyrca- nus, V. xxiii. 4. xxvi. 1. His &c. Antigonus, (II.) son of Aristo- Ivi. 7. 1, 2, 5, 12, note. II. i. 10. Antiochus IV. (Epiphanes,) II. 39, 40, 54, 57. xii. 39. Is Antipater, the son of Jason, II. III. iv. 21. |