c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.277

The Wars of the Jews 1.277

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.277

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

2772. So when Herod had found that the Arabians were his enemies, and this for those very reasons whence he hoped they would have been the most friendly, and had given them such an answer as his passion suggested, he returned back, and went for Egypt. Now he lodged the first evening at one of the temples of that country, in order to meet with those whom he left behind; but on the next day word was brought him, as he was going to Rhinocurura, that his brother was dead, and how he came by his death;