Costobarus
Family: Herod's circle · Role: husband of Salome · First appears: Book I, Chapter 24
In Book I, Chapter 24, Costobarus was married to Salome, the sister of Herod, in a marriage arranged by the king. By Book II, Chapter 17, he was among the prominent men associated with Agrippa and counted among the king’s kindred; in Chapter 20, he fled the city with his brother Saul and Philip the son of Jacimus to Cestius, who sent them to Nero at Achaia to report the Jews’ distress and blame Florus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cestius sent Saul and his companions to Nero to report the Jews’ distress and blame Florus.(Book II, Chapter 20 · 📍 Achaia)
- With: Cestius Saul Philip the son of Jacimus
- “However, Cestius sent Saul and his friends, at their own desire, to Achaia, to Nero, to inform him of the great distress they were in, and to lay the blame of their kindling the war upon Florus, as hoping to alleviate his own danger, by provoking his indignation against Florus.”
Book I, Chapter 24
- married with Salome (sister of Herod) “Costobarus also, the husband of Salome, to whom the king had given her in marriage”
Book II, Chapter 17
- with Agrippa (the present king) (They were kindred of Agrippa.) “and others to Agrippa, among whom the most eminent were Saul, and Antipas, and Costobarus, who were of the king's kindred”
Book II, Chapter 20
- siblings with Saul “Costobarus, therefore, and Saul, who were brethren, together with Philip, the son of Jacimus, who was the commander of king Agrippa's forces, ran away from the city, and went to Cestius.”
- with Philip the son of Jacimus (They fled the city together.) “Costobarus, therefore, and Saul, who were brethren, together with Philip, the son of Jacimus, who was the commander of king Agrippa's forces, ran away from the city, and went to Cestius.”
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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.