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But then these successes of John and of his sons made them be envied,
and occasioned a sedition in the country; and many there were who got together,
and would not be at rest till they brake out into open war, in which war
they were beaten. So John lived the rest of his life very happily, and
administered the government after a most extraordinary manner, and this
for thirty-three entire years together. He died, leaving five sons behind
him. He was certainly a very happy man, and afforded no occasion to have
any complaint made of fortune on his account. He it was who alone had three
of the most desirable things in the world, - the government of his nation,
and the high priesthood, and the gift of prophecy. For the Deity conversed
with him, and he was not ignorant of any thing that was to come afterward;
insomuch that he foresaw and foretold that his two eldest sons would not
continue masters of the government; and it will highly deserve our narration
to describe their catastrophe, and how far inferior these men were to their
father in felicity.
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1 HOW ARISTOBULUS WAS THE FIRST THAT PUT A DIADEM ABOUT HIS HEAD; AND AFTER HE HAD PUT HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER TO DEATH, DIED HIMSELF, WHEN HE HAD REIGNED NO MORE THAN A YEAR.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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