c. AD 94

J. AJ 13.404

The Antiquities of the Jews 13.404

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

13.404

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

404If thou dost but say this to them, I shall have the honor of a more glorious funeral from them than thou couldst have made for me; and when it is in their power to abuse my dead body, they will do it no injury at all, and thou wilt rule in safety.” So when he had given his wife this advice, he died, after he had reigned twenty-seven years, and lived fifty years within one.