Philip (son of Jacimus)

Also known as: Philip · Family: royal · Role: general of Agrippa's army · First appears: Book II, Chapter 17

Philip, son of Jacimus, was a general in Agrippa’s army. In Book II, Chapter 17, Agrippa sent three thousand horsemen to assist the people, placing them under Darius and Philip, “the general of his army.”

In Book IV, Chapter 1, at Gamala’s capture, Philip and his two daughters survived by remaining concealed from the Roman soldiers.

Relationship record

Life events

• Agrippa sent three thousand horsemen under Darius and Philip to assist the people.(Book II, Chapter 17)
  • With: Agrippa (the present king) Darius
  • “so he sent three thousand horsemen to the assistance of the people out of Auranitis, and Batanea, and Trachonitis, and these under Darius, the master of his horse, and Philip the son of Jacimus, the general of his army.”
• Philip and his two daughters survived Gamala's capture by remaining concealed from the Roman soldiers.(Book IV, Chapter 1 · 📍 Gamala)
  • With: Jacimus
  • “nor did any one escape except two women, who were the daughters of Philip, and Philip himself was the son of a certain eminent man called Jacimus”

Book II, Chapter 17

• parent: Jacimus “Philip the son of Jacimus, the general of his army”
• with Agrippa (the present king) (Philip was Agrippa's army general.) “But Agrippa was equally solicitous for those that were revolting, and for those against whom the war was to be made, and was desirous to preserve the Jews for the Romans, and the temple and metropolis for the Jews; he was also sensible that it was not for his own advantage that the disturbances should proceed; so he sent three thousand horsemen to the assistance of the people out of Auranitis, and Batanea, and Trachonitis, and these under Darius, the master of his horse, and Philip the son of Jacimus, the general of his army”
• employer: Agrippa (the present king) (Philip serves as general of Agrippa's army.) “and these under Darius, the master of his horse, and Philip the son of Jacimus, the general of his army.”

Book IV, Chapter 1

• parent: Jacimus “Philip himself was the son of a certain eminent man called Jacimus, who had been general of king Agrippa's army”

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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.