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So when Alexander had thus settled matters at Jerusalem, he led his
army into the neighboring cities; and when all the inhabitants to whom
he came received him with great kindness, the Samaritans, who had then
Shechem for their metropolis, (a city situate at Mount Gerizzim, and inhabited
by apostates of the Jewish nation,) seeing that Alexander had so greatly
honored the Jews, determined to profess themselves Jews; for such is the
disposition of the Samaritans, as we have already elsewhere declared, that
when the Jews are in adversity, they deny that they are of kin to them,
and then they confess the truth; but when they perceive that some good
fortune hath befallen them, they immediately pretend to have communion
with them, saying that they belong to them, and derive their genealogy
from the posterity of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Accordingly, they
made their address to the king with splendor, and showed great alacrity
in meeting him at a little distance from Jerusalem. And when Alexander
had commended them, the Shechemites approached to him, taking with them
the troops that Sanballat had sent him, and they desired that he would
come to their city, and do honor to their temple also; to whom he promised,
that when he returned he would come to them. And when they petitioned that
he would remit the tribute of the seventh year to them, because they did
but sow thereon, he asked who they were that made such a petition; and
when they said that they were Hebrews, but had the name of Sidonians, living
at Shechem, he asked them again whether they were Jews; and when they said
they were not Jews, "It was to the Jews," said he, "that
I granted that privilege; however, when I return, and am thoroughly informed
by you of this matter, I will do what I shall think proper." And in
this manner he took leave of the Shechenlites; but ordered that the troops
of Sanballat should follow him into Egypt, because there he designed to
give them lands, which he did a little after in Thebais, when he ordered
them to guard that country.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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