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NOW when Trypho knew what had befallen Demetrius, he was no longer
firm to Antiochus, but contrived by subtlety to kill him, and then take
possession of his kingdom; but the fear that he was in of Jonathan was
an obstacle to this his design, for Jonathan was a friend to Antiochus,
for which cause he resolved first to take Jonathan out of the way, and
then to set about his design relating to Antiochus; but he judging it best
to take him off by deceit and treachery, came from Antioch to Bethshan,
which by the Greeks is called Scythopolis, at which place Jonathan met
him with forty thousand chosen men, for he thought that he came to fight
him; but when he perceived that Jonathan was ready to fight, he attempted
to gain him by presents and kind treatment, and gave order to his captains
to obey him, and by these means was desirous to give assurance of his good-will,
and to take away all suspicions out of his mind, that so he might make
him careless and inconsiderate, and might take him when he was unguarded.
He also advised him to dismiss his army, because there was no occasion
for bringing it with him when there was no war, but all was in peace. However,
he desired him to retain a few about him, and go with him to Ptolemais,
for that he would deliver the city up to him, and would bring all the fortresses
that were in the country under his dominion; and he told him that he came
with those very designs.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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