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FOR after the death of their father, the elder of them, Aristobulus,
changed the government into a kingdom, and was the first that put a diadem
upon his head, four hundred seventy and one years and three months after
our people came down into this country, when they were set free from the
Babylonian slavery. Now, of his brethren, he appeared to have an affection
for Antigonus, who was next to him, and made him his equal; but for the
rest, he bound them, and put them in prison. He also put his mother in
bonds, for her contesting the government with him; for John had left her
to be the governess of public affairs. He also proceeded to that degree
of barbarity as to cause her to be pined to death in prison.
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