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Herod was then made king by the Romans, but did no longer appoint high
priests out of the family of Asamoneus; but made certain men to be so that
were of no eminent families, but barely of those that were priests, excepting
that he gave that dignity to Aristobulus; for when he had made this Aristobulus,
the grandson of that Hyrcanus who was then taken by the Parthians, and
had taken his sister Mariarmne to wife, he thereby aimed to win the good-will
of the people, who had a kind remembrance of Hyrcanus [his grandfather].
Yet did he afterward, out of his fear lest they should all bend their inclinations
to Aristobulus, put him to death, and that by contriving how to have him
suffocated as he was swimming at Jericho, as we have already related that
matter; but after this man he never intrusted the priesthood to the posterity
of the sons of Asamoneus. Archelaus also, Herod's son, did like his father
in the appointment of the high priests, as did the Romans also, who took
the government over the Jews into their hands afterward. Accordingly, the
number of the high priests, from the days of Herod until the day when Titus
took the temple and the City, and burnt them, were in all twenty-eight;
the time also that belonged to them was a hundred and seven years. Some
of these were the political governors of the people under the reign of
Herod, and under the reign of Archelaus his son, although, after their
death, the government became an aristocracy, and the high priests were
intrusted with a dominion over the nation. And thus much may suffice to
be said concerning our high priests.
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1 CONCERNING FLORUS THE PROCURATOR, WHO NECESSITATED THE JEWS TO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST THE ROMANS. THE CONCLUSION.
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