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But Herod, supposing that he had escaped punishment without the consent
of the king, retired to Sextus, to Damascus, and got every thing ready,
in order not to obey him if he should summon him again; whereupon those
that were evil-disposed irritated Hyrcanus, and told him that Herod was
gone away in anger, and was prepared to make war upon him; and as the king
believed what they said, he knew not what to do, since he saw his antagonist
was stronger than he was himself. And now, since Herod was made general
of Coelesyria and Samaria by Sextus Caesar, he was formidable, not only
from the good-will which the nation bore him, but by the power he himself
had; insomuch that Hyrcanus fell into the utmost degree of terror, and
expected he would presently march against him with his army.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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