CHAPTER 6.: Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition Which The Jews Raised Thereupon; With The Punishment Of The Seditious.

Chapter 6 of book XVII from "The Antiquities of the Jews," by Flavius Josephus and translated by William Whiston is presented. It focuses on the disease that caused the fall of the government of King Herod in Jerusalem. It explores how the Jews raised sedition against King Herod. It highlights how Herod begged to his people to not hinder him of having an honorable mourning at his funeral.