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Now when he had pitched his camp on the west side of the city, the
guards that were there shot their arrows and threw their darts at them,
while others ran out in companies, and attacked those in the forefront;
but Herod commanded proclamation to be made at the wall, that he was come
for the good of the people and the preservation of the city, without any
design to be revenged on his open enemies, but to grant oblivion to them,
though they had been the most obstinate against him. Now the soldiers that
were for Antigonus made a contrary clamor, and did neither permit any body
to hear that proclamation, nor to change their party; so Antigonus gave
order to his forces to beat the enemy from the walls; accordingly, they
soon threw their darts at them from the towers, and put them to flight.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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