c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.92

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.92

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.92

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

92That they were enemies to him; and by all the means they were able, did their endeavors to show their hatred to their own father, and would take away his life, and so obtain his kingdom, after the most barbarous manner: that he had power from Caesar to dispose of it, not by necessity, but by choice, to him who shall exercise the greatest piety towards him;