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And now all the affairs of the Hebrews were managed uncertainly,
and tended to disorder, and to the contempt of God and of the laws. So
the Ammonites and Philistines had them in contempt, and laid waste the
country with a great army; and when they had taken all Perea, they were
so insolent as to attempt to gain the possession of all the rest. But the
Hebrews, being now amended by the calamities they had undergone, betook
themselves to supplications to God; and brought sacrifices to him, beseeching
him not to be too severe upon them, but to be moved by their prayers to
leave off his anger against them. So God became more merciful to them,
and was ready to assist them.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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