c. AD 94

J. AJ 13.399

The Antiquities of the Jews 13.399

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

13.399

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

399But when his queen saw that he was ready to die, and had no longer any hopes of surviving, she came to him weeping and lamenting, and bewailed herself and her sons on the desolate condition they should be left in; and said to him, “To whom dost thou thus leave me and my children, who are destitute of all other supports, and this when thou knowest how much ill-will thy nation bears thee?”