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[176]
WHEN, Abram heard of their calamity, he was at once afraid for Lot
his kinsman, and pitied the Sodomites, his friends and neighbors; and thinking
it proper to afford them assistance, he did not delay it, but marched hastily,
and the fifth night fell upon the Assyrians, near Dan, for that is the
name of the other spring of Jordan; and before they could arm themselves,
he slew some as they were in their beds, before they could suspect any
harm; and others, who were not yet gone to sleep, but were so drunk they
could not fight, ran away. Abram pursued after them, till, on the second
day, he drove them in a body unto Hoba, a place belonging to Damascus;
and thereby demonstrated that victory does not depend on multitude and
the number of hands, but the alacrity and courage of soldiers overcome
the most numerous bodies of men, while he got the victory over so great
an army with no more than three hundred and eighteen of his servants, and
three of his friends: but all those that fled returned home ingloriously.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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