Judas the son of Chelcias

Family: Jewish · Role: powerful zealot · First appears: Book V, Chapter 1

Life events

• Eleazar revolted from John, formed a faction, and seized the inner court of the temple.(Book V, Chapter 1 · 📍 the inner court of the temple)
  • With: Eleazar, the son of Simon John (unresolved ch077) Simon the son of Ezron Hezekiah, the son of Chobar
  • “So he being desirous of gaining the entire power and dominion to himself, revolted from John, and took to his assistance Judas the son of Chelcias, and Simon the son of Ezron, who were among the men of greatest power. There was also with him Hezekiah, the son of Chobar, a person of eminence. Each of these were followed by a great many of the zealots; these seized upon the inner court of the temple”

Book V, Chapter 1

• with Eleazar, the son of Simon (ally) “So he being desirous of gaining the entire power and dominion to himself, revolted from John, and took to his assistance Judas the son of Chelcias, and Simon the son of Ezron, who were among the men of greatest power.”

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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.