all, and utterly renounced
any knowledge of the murder. And thus died Antipater, a man that had
distinguished himself for piety and justice, and love to his country.
And whereas one of his sons, Herod, resolved immediately to revenge
their father's death, and was coming upon Malichus with an army for that
purpose, the elder of his sons, Phasaelus, thought it best rather to get
this man into their hands by policy, lest they should appear to begin
a civil war in the country; so he accepted of Malichus's defense for
himself, and pretended to believe him that he had had no hand in the
violent death of Antipater his father, but erected a fine monument
for him. Herod also went to Samaria; and when he found them in great
distress, he revived their spirits, and composed their differences.
5. However, a little after this, Herod, upon the approach of a festival,
came with his soldiers into the city; whereupon Malichus was aftrighted,
and persuaded Hyrcanus not to permit him to come into the city. Hyrcanus
complied; and, for a pretense of excluding him, alleged, that a rout
of strangers ought not to be admitted when the multitude were purifying
themselves. But Herod had little regard to the messengers that were sent
to him, and entered the city in the night time, and aftrighted Malichus;
yet did he remit nothing of his former dissimulation, but wept for
Antipater, and bewailed him as a friend of his with a loud voice;
but Herod and his friends though, it proper not openly to contradict
Malichus's hypocrisy, but to give him tokens of mutual friendship, in
order to prevent his suspicion of them.
6. However, Herod sent to Cassius, and informed him of the murder of his
father; who knowing what sort of man Malichus was as to his morals, sent
him back word that he should revenge his father's death; and also sent
privately to the commanders of his army at Tyre, with orders to assist
Herod in the execution of a very just design of his. Now when Cassius
had taken Laodicea, they all went together to him, and carried him
garlands and money; and Herod thought that Malichus might be punished
while he was there; but he was somewhat apprehensive of the thing, and
designed to make some great attempt, and because his son was then a
hostage at Tyre, he went to that city, and resolved to steal him away
privately, and to march thence into Judea; and as Cassius was in haste
to march against Antony, he thought to bring the country to revolt,
and to
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