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Now Herod, as soon as he had put Hyrcanus out of the way, made haste
to Caesar; and because he could not have any hopes of kindness from him,
on account of the friendship he had for Antony, he had a suspicion of Alexandra,
lest she should take this opportunity to bring the multitude to a revolt,
and introduce a sedition into the affairs of the kingdom; so he committed
the care of every thing to his brother Pheroras, and placed his mother
Cypros, and his sister [Salome], and the whole family at Masada, and gave
him a charge, that if he should hear any sad news about him, he should
take care of the government. But as to Mariamne his wife, because of the
misunderstanding between her and his sister, and his sister's mother, which
made it impossible for them to live together, he placed her at Alexandrium,
with Alexandra her mother, and left his treasurer Joseph and Sohemus of
Iturea to take care of that fortress. These two had been very faithful
to him from the beginning, and were now left as a guard to the women. They
also had it in charge, that if they should hear any mischief had befallen
him, they should kill them both, and, as far as they were able, to preserve
the kingdom for his sons, and for his brother Pheroras.
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