The Wars of the Jews

Philip

Family: Herodian · Role: beneficiary of Herod's testament · First appears: Book I, Chapter 33

Life events

  • Herod’s testament made Archelaus king, Antipas tetrarch, and Philip heir of Trachonitis and neighboring countries.(Book I, Chapter 33 · 📍 Jericho)
  • Archelaus left Philip as steward of the palace and guardian of his domestic affairs.(Book II, Chapter 2)
    • With: Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace)
    • “Archelaus went down now to the sea-side, with his mother and his friends, Poplas, and Ptolemy, and Nicolaus, and left behind him Philip, to be his steward in the palace, and to take care of his domestic affairs.”

Book II, Chapter 2

Book III, Chapter 7

  • siblings with Netir “Next to him, two brothers showed their courage; their names were Netir and Philip, both of them of the village Ruma, and both of them Galileans also;”

Also listed in Herodian — Minor Figures

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