bridge. And when they had agreed upon the terms of peace Herod,
the tetrarch erected a rich tent on the midst of the passage, and made
them a feast there. Artabanus also, not long afterward, sent his son
Darius as an hostage, with many presents, among which there was a man
seven cubits tall, a Jew he was by birth, and his name was Eleazar,
who, for his tallness, was called a giant. After which Vitellius went
to Antioch, and Artabanus to Babylon; but Herod [the tetrarch] being
desirous to give Caesar the first information that they had obtained
hostages, sent posts with letters, wherein he had accurately described
all the particulars, and had left nothing for the consular Vitellius to
inform him of. But when Vitellius's letters were sent, and Caesar had
let him know that he was acquainted with the affairs already, because
Herod had given him an account of them before, Vitellius was very
much troubled at it; and supposing that he had been thereby a greater
sufferer than he really was, he kept up a secret anger upon this
occasion, till he could be revenged on him, which he was after Caius had
taken the government.

6. About this time it was that Philip, Herod's brother, departed this
life, in the twentieth year of the reign of Tiberius, [14] after he had
been tetrarch of Trachonitis and Gaulanitis, and of the nation of the
Bataneans also, thirty-seven years. He had showed himself a person of
moderation and quietness in the conduct of his life and government; he
constantly lived in that country which was subject to him; he used to
make his progress with a few chosen friends; his tribunal also, on which
he sat in judgment, followed him in his progress; and when any one met
him who wanted his assistance, he made no delay, but had his tribunal
set down immediately, wheresoever he happened to be, and sat down upon
it, and heard his complaint: he there ordered the guilty that were
convicted to be punished, and absolved those that had been accused
unjustly. He died at Julias; and when he was carried to that monument
which he had already erected for himself beforehand, he was buried with
great pomp. His principality Tiberius took, [for he left no sons behind
him,] and added it to the province of Syria, but gave order that the
tributes which arose from it should be collected, and laid up in his
tetrachy.

CHAPTER 5. Herod The Tetrarch Makes War With Aretas, The King Of Arabia,
And Is Beaten By Him As Also Concerning The Deat