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But when the people of Jerusalem heard that Jonathan was taken, and
that the soldiers who were with him were destroyed, they deplored his sad
fate; and there was earnest inquiry made about him by every body, and a
great and just fear fell upon them, and made them sad, lest, now they were
deprived of the courage and conduct of Jonathan, the nations about them
should bear them ill-will; and as they were before quiet on account of
Jonathan they should now rise up against them, and by making war with them,
should force them into the utmost dangers. And indeed what they suspected
really befell them; for when those nations heard of the death of Jonathan,
they began to make war with the Jews as now destitute of a governor and
Trypho himself got an army together, and had intention to go up to Judea,
and make war against its inhabitants. But when Simon saw that the people
of Jerusalem were terrified at the circumstances they were in, he desired
to make a speech to them, and thereby to render them more resolute in opposing
Trypho when he should come against them. He then called the people together
into the temple, and thence began thus to encourage them: "O my countrymen,
you are not ignorant that our father, myself, and my brethren, have ventured
to hazard our lives, and that willingly, for the recovery of your liberty;
since I have therefore such plenty of examples before me, and we of our
family have determined with ourselves to die for our laws, and our Divine
worship, there shall no terror be so great as to banish this resolution
from our souls, nor to introduce in its place a love of life, and a contempt
of glory. Do you therefore follow me with alacrity whithersoever I shall
lead you, as not destitute of such a captain as is willing to suffer, and
to do the greatest things for you; for neither am I better than my brethren
that I should be sparing of my own life, nor so far worse than they as
to avoid and refuse what they thought the most honorable of all things,
- I mean, to undergo death for your laws, and for that worship of God which
is peculiar to you; I will therefore give such proper demonstrations as
will show that I am their own brother; and I am so bold as to expect that
I shall avenge their blood upon our enemies, and deliver you all with your
wives and children from the injuries they intend against you, and, with
God's assistance, to preserve your temple from destruction by them; for
I see that these nations have you in contempt, as being without a governor,
and that they thence are encouraged to make war against you."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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