Ptolemy (son-in-law of Simon)

Family: Jewish · Role: son-in-law of Simon · First appears: Book I, Chapter 2

Book I, Chapter 2

with Simon (brother of Jonathan) (Ptolemy was Simon's son-in-law.) “This Simon also had a plot laid against him, and was slain at a feast by his son-in-law Ptolemy, who put his wife and two sons into prison, and sent some persons to kill John, who was also called Hyrcanus.”
enemies with John Hyrcanus “Now John's case was this: When he considered the courage of his mother, and heard her entreaty, he set about his attacks;”
with Zeno Cotylas (Ptolemy fled to Zeno Cotylas.) “On this year, therefore, Ptolemy was freed from being besieged, and slew the brethren of John, with their mother, and fled to Zeno, who was also called Cotylas, who was tyrant of Philadelphia.”

Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.