c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.74

The Wars of the Jews 1.74

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.74

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

74Now, at this very time it was that these ill men came to the king, and told him in what a pompous manner the armed men came, and with what insolence Antigonus marched, and that such his insolence was too great for a private person, and that accordingly he was come with a great band of men to kill him; for that he could not endure this bare enjoyment of royal honor, when it was in his power to take the kingdom himself.