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SO Demetrius came with an army, and took those that invited him,
and pitched his camp near the city Shechem; upon which Alexander, with
his six thousand two hundred mercenaries, and about twenty thousand Jews,
who were of his party, went against Demetrius, who had three thousand horsemen,
and forty thousand footmen. Now there were great endeavors used on both
sides, - Demetrius trying to bring off the mercenaries that were with Alexander,
because they were Greeks, and Alexander trying to bring off the Jews that
were with Demetrius. However, when neither of them could persuade them
so to do, they came to a battle, and Demetrius was the conqueror; in which
all Alexander's mercenaries were killed, when they had given demonstration
of their fidelity and courage. A great number of Demetrius's soldiers were
slain also.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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