avor to
injure his determination, while they have not themselves had the same
regard to their kinsman [which Archelaus had]. Caesar will not therefore
disannul the testament of a man whom he had entirely supported, of his
friend and confederate, and that which is committed to him in trust to
ratify; nor will Caesar's virtuous and upright disposition, which is
known and uncontested through all the habitable world, imitate the
wickedness of these men in condemning a king as a madman, and as having
lost his reason, while he hath bequeathed the succession to a good
son of his, and to one who flies to Caesar's upright determination for
refuge. Nor can Herod at any time have been mistaken in his judgment
about a successor, while he showed so much prudence as to submit all to
Caesar's determination."

7. Now when Nicolaus had laid these things before Caesar, he ended his
plea; whereupon Caesar was so obliging to Archelaus, that he raised
him up when he had cast himself down at his feet, and said that he well
deserved the kingdom; and he soon let them know that he was so far
moved in his favor, that he would not act otherwise than his father's
testament directed, and than was for the advantage of Archelaus.
However, while he gave this encouragement to Archelaus to depend on him
securely, he made no full determination about him; and when the assembly
was broken up, he considered by himself whether he should confirm the
kingdom to Archelaus, or whether he should part it among all Herod's
posterity; and this because they all stood in need of much assistance to
support them.

CHAPTER 10. A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The
Authors Of It To Punishment.

1. But before these things could be brought to a settlement, Malthace,
Archelaus's mother, fell into a distemper, and died of it; and letters
came from Varus, the president of Syria, which informed Caesar of the
revolt of the Jews; for after Archlaus was sailed, the whole nation was
in a tumult. So Varus, since he was there himself, brought the authors
of the disturbance to punishment; and when he had restrained them for
the most part from this sedition, which was a great one, he took his
journey to Antiocli, leaving one legion of his army at Jerusalem to keep
the Jews quiet, who were now very fond of innovation. Yet did not this
at all avail to put an end to that their sedition; for after Varus
was gone away, Sabinus, Caesar's procurator, staid behind, a