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However, he found it impossible to escape envy in such his prosperity;
for the glory of these young men affected even Hyrcanus himself already
privately, though he said nothing of it to any body; but what he principally
was grieved at was the great actions of Herod, and that so many messengers
came one before another, and informed him of the great reputation he got
in all his undertakings. There were also many people in the royal palace
itself who inflamed his envy at him; those, I mean, who were obstructed
in their designs by the prudence either of the young men, or of Antipater.
These men said, that by committing the public affairs to the management
of Antipater and of his sons, he sat down with nothing but the bare name
of a king, without any of its authority; and they asked him how long he
would so far mistake himself, as to breed up kings against his own interest;
for that they did not now conceal their government of affairs any longer,
but were plainly lords of the nation, and had thrust him out of his authority;
that this was the case when Herod slew so many men without his giving him
any command to do it, either by word of mouth, or by his letter, and this
in contradiction to the law of the Jews; who therefore, in case he be not
a king, but a private man, still ought to come to his trial, and answer
it to him, and to the laws of his country, which do not permit any one
to be killed till he hath been condemned in judgment.
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