Philip (son of Herod and Cleopatra of Jerusalem)
Also known as: Philip · Family: Herodian · Role: son of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 28
Philip was the son of Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) and Cleopatra of Jerusalem: “By Cleopatra of Jerusalem he had Herod and Philip.” He and Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) were his father’s sons, while Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) was their brother. In Book I, Chapter 31, Bathyllus exposed Antipater (son of Herod and Doris)’s forged letters against Philip and Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace), part of Antipater (son of Herod and Doris)’s attempt to remove them as threats to his hopes.
A few days after the events of Book I, Chapter 31, Varus sent Philip ahead to assist Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace). Caesar then divided Herod’s remaining kingdom into tetrarchies, giving one to Philip and the other to Herod Antipas. In Book II, Chapter 9, Philip and Herod Antipas administered their own tetrarchies; after Philip’s death, Caius (son of Germanicus) released Agrippa and made him king of Philip’s former tetrarchy.
Relationship record
Life events
- Bathyllus exposes Antipater’s forged letters accusing Archelaus and Philip.(Book I, Chapter 31)
- With: Bathyllus Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace)
- “He brought also an addition to Antipater's insolent attempt against his father, which was the letters which he wrote against his brethren, Archelaus and Philip, which were the king's sons, and educated at Rome, being yet youths, but of generous dispositions.”
- Caesar divided Herod's remaining kingdom into tetrarchies for Philip and Antipas.(Book II, Chapter 6)
- Caius released Agrippa and made him king of Philip’s former tetrarchy.(Book II, Chapter 9)
- With: Caius (son of Germanicus) Agrippa (son of Aristobulus and Bernice)
- “But when Caius was made Caesar, he released Agrippa from his bonds, and made him king of Philip's tetrarchy, who was now dead”
Book I, Chapter 28
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “By Cleopatra of Jerusalem he had Herod and Philip;”
- parent: Cleopatra of Jerusalem “By Cleopatra of Jerusalem he had Herod and Philip”
Book I, Chapter 31
- siblings with Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) (Archelaus and Philip are identified as Antipater's brethren.) “the letters which he wrote against his brethren, Archelaus and Philip, which were the king's sons”
- siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) (Archelaus and Philip are presented together as brethren.) “the letters which he wrote against his brethren, Archelaus and Philip, which were the king's sons”
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Philip is identified as a son of the king, who is Herod in this chapter.) “the letters which he wrote against his brethren, Archelaus and Philip, which were the king's sons”
- enemies with Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) (Antipater sought to eliminate Archelaus and Philip.) “Antipater set himself to get rid of these as soon as he could, that they might not be prejudicial to his hopes”
Book II, Chapter 6
- siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “Besides these, there were present Archelaus's brother Philip, being sent thither beforehand, out of kindness by Varus, for two reasons”
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “But as to the other half, he divided it into two tetrarchies, and gave them to two other sons of Herod, the one of them to Philip”
- with Varus (interaction) “there were present Archelaus's brother Philip, being sent thither beforehand, out of kindness by Varus, for two reasons: the one was this, that he might be assisting to Archelaus”
- with Augustus (interaction) “he divided it into two tetrarchies, and gave them to two other sons of Herod, the one of them to Philip”
- with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) (Philip was sent to assist Archelaus.) “Besides these, there were present Archelaus's brother Philip, being sent thither beforehand, out of kindness by Varus, for two reasons: the one was this, that he might be assisting to Archelaus;”
Book II, Chapter 9
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies”
- siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “And now as the ethnarchy of Archelaus was fallen into a Roman province, the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies;”
- siblings with Herod Antipas “the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies”
- with Agrippa (son of Aristobulus and Bernice) (Agrippa received Philip's tetrarchy after Philip's death.) “he released Agrippa from his bonds, and made him king of Philip's tetrarchy, who was now dead”
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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.