Malichus (king of Arabia)
Also known as: Malichus · Family: Arabian · Role: king of Arabia · First appears: Book I, Chapter 14
In Book I, Chapter 14, Malichus ordered Herod to leave Arabia, “and commanded him to return back out of his country,” while withholding the wealth deposited by Antipater. In Chapter 15, he was said to have repented of his offenses toward Herod; by Chapters 18 and 22, he was treated as an enemy by Cleopatra, who secretly sought to have him slain, while Antony was counted his friend before being alienated from that friendship.
Relationship record
Life events
- Malichus ordered Herod to leave Arabia and withheld Antipater’s deposited wealth.(Book I, Chapter 14 · 📍 Arabia)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “their king, Malichus, sent to him immediately, and commanded him to return back out of his country”
Book I, Chapter 14
- enemies with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Moreover, he was not able to find any lasting friendship among the Arabians; for their king, Malichus, sent to him immediately, and commanded him to return back out of his country”
- with Antipater (Malichus and his associates withheld money owed to Antipater.) “while in reality they had a mind to keep back what they owed to Antipater,”
Book I, Chapter 15
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Malichus had previously committed offenses against Herod.) “because he had heard that Malichus repented of his offenses with regard to Herod”
Book I, Chapter 18
- enemies with Cleopatra “and secretly labored to have Herod and Malichus, the kings of both those nations, slain by his order.”
- friends with Antony “though he esteemed it too abominable a thing to kill such good and great kings, yet was he thereby alienated from the friendship he had for them.”
Book I, Chapter 22
- with Cleopatra (interaction) “because he considered with himself that Cleopatra was a shrewd woman, and that on her account Lysanias the king was taken off, as well as Malichus the Arabian”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.