c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.46

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.46

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.46

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

46So they sent ambassadors to Rome, and desired they would send one of those that were there as pledges to be their king. Accordingly, Vonones was preferred before the rest, and sent to them (for he seemed capable of such great fortune, which two of the greatest kingdoms under the sun now offered him, his own and a foreign one).