c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.54

The Wars of the Jews 1.54

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.54

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

543. This Simeon had also a plot laid against him, and was slain at a feast by his son-in-law Ptolemy, who put his wife and two sons into prison, and sent some persons to kill John, who was also called Hyrcanus.