c. AD 94

J. AJ 20.18

The Antiquities of the Jews 20.18

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

20.18

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

18Monobazus, the king of Adiabene, who had also the name of Bazeus, fell in love with his sister Helena, and took her to be his wife, and begat her with child. But as he was in bed with her one night, he laid his hand upon his wife’s belly, and fell asleep, and seemed to hear a voice, which bid him take his hand off his wife’s belly, and not hurt the infant that was therein, which, by God’s providence, would be safely born, and have a happy end.