37/41 The wife of Philip was Salome, daughter of Herodias.] [Footnote 3: Jos., _Ant._, XVIII.iv. 2.] [Footnote 4: Ibid., XVIII.vii.1, 2, _B.J._, II.ix. 6.] [Footnote 5: Ibid., XVIII.v. 1.] Makaur,[1] or Machero, was a colossal fortress built by Alexander Jannaeus, and rebuilt by Herod, in one of the most abrupt wadys to the east of the Dead Sea.[2] It was a wild and desolate country, filled with strange legends, and believed to be haunted by demons.[3] The fortress was just on the boundary of the lands of Hareth and of Antipas. At that time it was in the possession of Hareth.[4] The latter having been warned, had prepared everything for the flight of his daughter, who was conducted from tribe to tribe to Petra. |