ll never
forget this usage. Nay, perhaps, my very soul, when it is departed out
of the body, will not forget the glorious actions I did on his account."
This was the clamor he made, and he ordered the messengers to tell it
to the king. So he perceived that Silas was incurable in his folly, and
still suffered him to lie in prison.

2. As for the walls of Jerusalem, that were adjoining to the new city
[Bezetha], he repaired them at the expense of the public, and built
them wider in breadth, and higher in altitude; and he had made them
too strong for all human power to demolish, unless Marcus, the then
president of Syria, had by letter informed Claudius Caesar of what
he was doing. And when Claudius had some suspicion of attempts for
innovation, he sent to Agrippa to leave off the building of those
walls presently. So he obeyed, as not thinking it proper to contradict
Claudius.

3. Now this king was by nature very beneficent and liberal in his gifts,
and very ambitious to oblige people with such large donations; and he
made himself very illustrious by the many chargeable presents he made
them. He took delight in giving, and rejoiced in living with good
reputation. He was not at all like that Herod who reigned before him;
for that Herod was ill-natured, and severe in his punishments, and had
no mercy on them that he hated; and every one perceived that he was more
friendly to the Greeks than to the Jews; for he adorned foreign cities
with large presents in money; with building them baths and theatres
besides; nay, in some of those places he erected temples, and porticoes
in others; but he did not vouchsafe to raise one of the least edifices
in any Jewish city, or make them any donation that was worth mentioning.
But Agrippa's temper was mild, and equally liberal to all men. He was
humane to foreigners, and made them sensible of his liberality. He was
in like manner rather of a gentle and compassionate temper. Accordingly,
he loved to live continually at Jerusalem, and was exactly careful in
the observance of the laws of his country. He therefore kept himself
entirely pure; nor did any day pass over his head without its appointed
sacrifice.

4. However, there was a certain mall of the Jewish nation at Jerusalem,
who appeared to be very accurate in the knowledge of the law. His name
was Simon. This man got together an assembly, while the king was absent
at Cesarea, and had the insolence to accuse him as not living holily,