s; yet that marriage was no
obstacle to her, who knew how wicked he was, in her discovering his
designs, as her former kindred to him could not prevent her hatred of
him. Now Herod had compelled Salome, while she was in love with Sylleus
the Arabian, and had taken a fondness for him, to marry Alexas; which
match was by her submitted to at the instance of Julia, who persuaded
Salome not to refuse it, lest she should herself be their open enemy,
since Herod had sworn that he would never be friends with Salome, if she
would not accept of Alexas for her husband; so she submitted to Julia
as being Caesar's wife; and besides that, she advised her to nothing but
what was very much for her own advantage. At this time also it was that
Herod sent back king Archelaus's daughter, who had been Alexander's
wife, to her father, returning the portion he had with her out of his
own estate, that there might be no dispute between them about it.

2. Now Herod brought up his sons' children with great care; for
Alexander had two sons by Glaphyra; and Aristobulus had three sons by
Bernice, Salome's daughter, and two daughters; and as his friends were
once with him, he presented the children before them; and deploring the
hard fortune of his own sons, he prayed that no such ill fortune would
befall these who were their children, but that they might improve in
virtue, and obtain what they justly deserved, and might make him amends
for his care of their education. He also caused them to be betrothed
against they should come to the proper age of marriage; the elder of
Alexander's sons to Pheroras's daughter, and Antipater's daughter
to Aristobulus's eldest son. He also allotted one of Aristobulus's
daughters to Antipater's son, and Aristobulus's other daughter to Herod,
a son of his own, who was born to him by the high priest's daughter; for
it is the ancient practice among us to have many wives at the same time.
Now the king made these espousals for the children, out of commiseration
of them now they were fatherless, as endeavoring to render Antipater
kind to them by these intermarriages. But Antipater did not fail to bear
the same temper of mind to his brothers' children which he had borne to
his brothers themselves; and his father's concern about them provoked
his indignation against them upon this supposal, that they would become
greater than ever his brothers had been; while Archclaus, a king, would
support his daughter's sons, and Pheroras,