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After this Herod took Joppa, and then made haste to Masada to free
his relations. Now, as he was marching, many came in to him, induced by
their friendship to his father, some by the reputation he had already gained
himself, and some in order to repay the benefits they had received from
them both; but still what engaged the greatest number on his side, was
the hopes from him when he should be established in his kingdom; so that
he had gotten together already an army hard to be conquered. But Antigonus
laid an ambush for him as he marched out, in which he did little or no
harm to his enemies. However, he easily recovered his relations again that
were in Masada, as well as the fortress Ressa, and then marched to Jerusalem,
where the soldiers that were with Silo joined themselves to his own, as
did many out of the city, from a dread of his power.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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