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[354]
Now I did not think these histories improper for the present discourse,
both because my discourse now is concerning kings, and otherwise also on
account of the advantage hence to be drawn, as well for the confirmation
of the immortality of the soul, as of the providence of God over human
affairs, I thought them fit to be set down; but if any one does not believe
such relations, let him indeed enjoy his own opinion, but let him not hinder
another that would thereby encourage himself in virtue. So Archelaus's
country was laid to the province of Syria; and Cyrenius, one that had been
consul, was sent by Caesar to take account of people's effects in Syria,
and to sell the house of Archelaus.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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