Part 74 (Birth of Jesus – Flavius Josephus) The slaughter of innocent children in Part 61 is reported in the Holy Bible but not in the account of the life of King Herod the Great by the First Century AD historian Flavius Josephus. It is in Antiquities, Book XVII, Chapter 7, Section 1; Chapter 8, Section 1; and Wars, Book 1, Chapter 33, Sections 5-7. Please google them. I have included them in my study (aristean.org/birthmay23.htm) because it was towards the end of the life of King Herod. Josephus was a Jew. The instruction of King Herod to his sister Salome and her husband Alexas to slaughter those in the Hippodrome; King Herod’s attempted suicide; and his order of the slaying of his son Antipater happened on 33 BC 07-09 or 3728 Tammuz 27, Tuesday. As King Herod was giving instructions to Salome and Alexas, letters from his ambassadors to Rome came that said upon Caesar’s order, Acme was to be put to death, and with regards to Antipater, Caesar left the decision to Herod, his father and king, to either have him banished (exiled) or killed. King Herod ordered the killing of his son Antipater and made Archelaus, his eldest son, to be his successor. He made Antipas, the brother of Archelaus, a tetrarch. King Herod had continuous fever and his sweat turned to maggots. No one wanted to be near him. He was overborne by pain, had a convulsive cough, and distemper. These must have been the reasons why he tried to commit suicide.
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