Herod Moves against Antigonus and Avenges His Brother
Herod Amasses an Army and Rescues His Family
1.290–294
Herod had by now sailed from Italy to Ptolemaïs, and, having put together a considerable force of mercenaries and native Jews, was advancing through Galilee against Antigonus. He had the promised collaboration of Ventidius…
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Jewish Antiquities 20.247–251
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Octavian Confirms Herod’s Claim to Kingship
The Jewish War 1.388–393
“Caesar,” he said, “I was made king by Antony, and I acknowledge that I have throughout served Antony’s interests. I will not conceal from you either that, if I had not been occupied with the Arabs…
Augustus Expands Herod’s Kingdom
The Jewish War 1.398–400
At the end of the first Actiad Caesar added again to Herod’s kingdom, giving him the district known as Trachonitis and the adjacent areas of Batanaea and Auranitis. What had happened was this…
Renovation of the Temple
Jewish Antiquities 15.380–391
In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Herod, after the acts recorded above, he undertook a very great task, namely the renovation of the Temple of God at his own expense. He both expanded it and…
Josephus Catalogues Herod’s Construction Projects
The Jewish War 1.401–428
So in the fifteenth year of his reign Herod renovated the temple and built a new circuit of walls to double the previous extent of the surrounding area…