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Upon this the men of power, with the high priests, as also all the
part of the multitude that were desirous of peace, took courage, and seized
upon the upper city [Mount Sion;] for the seditious part had the lower
city and the temple in their power; so they made use of stones and slings
perpetually against one another, and threw darts continually on both sides;
and sometimes it happened that they made incursions by troops, and fought
it out hand to hand, while the seditious were superior in boldness, but
the king's soldiers in skill. These last strove chiefly to gain the temple,
and to drive those out of it who profaned it; as did the seditious, with
Eleazar, besides what they had already, labor to gain the upper city. Thus
were there perpetual slaughters on both sides for seven days' time; but
neither side would yield up the parts they had seized on.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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