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Eusebius adds the
information below to boost his argument about the genealogy
records that were kept by the ancient Jews.
For the relatives of our Lord according to the flesh, whether
with the desire of boasting or simply wishing to state the fact,
in either case truly, have banded down the following account:
Some Idumean robbers, having attacked Ascalon, a city of
Palestine, carried away from a temple of Apollo which stood near
the walls, in addition to other booty, Antipater, son of a
certain temple slave named Herod. And since the priest was not
able to pay the ransom for his son, Antipater was brought up in
the customs of the Idumeans, and afterward was befriended by
Hyrcanus, the high priest of the Jews. And having, been sent by
Hyrcanus on an embassy to Pompey, and having restored to him the
kingdom which had been invaded by his brother Aristobulus, he
had the good fortune to be named procurator of Palestine. But
Antipater having been slain by those who were envious of his
great good fortune was succeeded by his son Herod, who was
afterward, by a decree of the senate, made King of the Jews
under Antony and Augustus. His sons were Herod and the other
tetrarchs. These accounts agree also with those of the Greeks.