The account of the appointment of Hyrcanus the son of Alexander to be king of the Jews, and of the return to Rome of the general of the Roman army.
1 Having arranged these matters, Pompey appointed Hyrcanus to be king; and carried away his brother Aristobulus in chains:
2 he also ordered that the Jews should have no dominion over those nations who had been subdued by their kings before his arrival;
3 and he exacted a tribute from the city of the Holy House; and covenanted with Hyrcanus, that he should receive inauguration from the Romans every year.
4 And he departed, taking with him Aristobulus, and two of his sons, and his daughters: and he had a son remaining, named Alexander, whom Pompey could not seize, because he had fled.
5 So Pompey placed in hisroom in the city of the Holy House, Hyrcanus, and Antipater, and with them his own colleague Scaurus.