very few years after the other, were about 600.

(6) See Jewish War, B. II. ch. 18. sect. 3.

(7) The Jews might collect this unlawfulness of fighting against
their brethren from that law of Moses, Leviticus 19:16, "Thou
shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbor;" and that,
ver. 17, "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself;" as well as from many other places in the Pentateuch and
Prophets. See Antiq. B. VIII. ch. 8. sect. 3.

(8) That this Herod Agrippa, the father, was of old called a
Great King, as here, appears by his coins still remaining; to
which Havercamp refers us.

(9) The famous Jewish numbers of twelve and seventy are here
remarkable.

(10) Our Josephus shows, both here and every where, that he was a
most religious person, and one that had a deep sense of God and
his providence upon his mind, and ascribed all his numerous and
wonderful escapes and preservations, in times of danger, to God's
blessing him, and taking care of him, and this on account of his
acts of piety, justice, humanity, and charity, to the Jews his
brethren.

(11) Josephus's opinion is here well worth noting: - That every
one is to be permitted to worship God according to his own
conscience, and is not to be compelled in matters of religion: as