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At this time messengers came to Herod, and informed him of what
had been done; and when he was come to Daphne by Antioch, they told him
of the ill fortune that had befallen his brother; which yet he expected,
from certain visions that appeared to him in his dreams, which clearly
foreshowed his brother's death. So he hastened his march; and when he came
to Mount Libanus, he received about eight hundred of the men of that place,
having already with him also one Roman legion, and with these he came to
Ptolemais. He also marched thence by night with his army, and proceeded
along Galilee. Here it was that the enemy met him, and fought him, and
were beaten, and shut up in the same place of strength whence they had
sallied out the day before. So he attacked the place in the morning; but
by reason of a great storm that was then very violent, he was able to do
nothing, but drew off his army into the neighboring villages; yet as soon
as the other legion that Antony sent him was come to his assistance, those
that were in garrison in the place were afraid, and deserted it in the
night time. Then did the king march hastily to Jericho, intending to avenge
himself on the enemy for the slaughter of his brother; and when he had
pitched his tents, he made a feast for the principal commanders; and after
this collation was over, and he had dismissed his guests, he retired to
his own chamber; and here may one see what kindness God had for the king,
for the upper part of the house fell down when nobody was in it, and so
killed none, insomuch that all the people believed that Herod was beloved
of God, since he had escaped such a great and surprising danger.
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