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Now Herod was an active man, and soon found proper materials for
his active spirit to work upon. As therefore he found that Hezekias, the
head of the robbers, ran over the neighboring parts of Syria with a great
band of men, he caught him and slew him, and many more of the robbers with
him; which exploit was chiefly grateful to the Syrians, insomuch that hymns
were sung in Herod's commendation, both in the villages and in the cities,
as having procured their quietness, and having preserved what they possessed
to them; on which occasion he became acquainted with Sextus Caesar, a kinsman
of the great Caesar, and president of Syria. A just emulation of his glorious
actions excited Phasaelus also to imitate him. Accordingly, he procured
the good-will of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, by his own management of
the city affairs, and did not abuse his power in any disagreeable manner;
whence it came to pass that the nation paid Antipater the respects that
were due only to a king, and the honors they all yielded him were equal
to the honors due to an absolute lord; yet did he not abate any part of
that good-will or fidelity which he owed to Hyrcanus.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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