c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.17

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.17

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.17

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

17What provoked him also was this, that all the multitude would so commiserate these fatherless children, and so hate him [for making them fatherless], that all would come out, since they were no strangers to his vile disposition towards his brethren. He contrived, therefore, to overturn his father’s settlements, as thinking it a terrible thing that they should be so related to him, and be so powerful withal.