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When the wedding was over, Alexander wrote to Jonathan the high priest,
and desired him to come to Ptolemais. So when he came to these kings, and
had made them magnificent presents, he was honored by them both. Alexander
compelled him also to put off his own garment, and to take a purple garment,
and made him sit with him in his throne; and commanded his captains that
they should go with him into the middle of the city, and proclaim, that
it was not permitted to any one to speak against him, or to give him any
disturbance. And when the captains had thus done, those that were prepared
to accuse Jonathan, and who bore him ill-will, when they saw the honor
that was done him by proclamation, and that by the king's order, ran away,
and were afraid lest some mischief should befall them. Nay, king Alexander
was so very kind to Jonathan, that he set him down as the principal of
his friends.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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