c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.581

The Wars of the Jews 1.581

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.581

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

581Now, though Herod had so great an affection for him to the last day of his life, yet was a report spread abroad that he had killed him by poison. However, he took care to have his dead body carried to Jerusalem, and appointed a very great mourning to the whole nation for him, and bestowed a most pompous funeral upon him. And this was the end that one of Alexander’s and Aristobulus’s murderers came to.