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[332]
However, there was a certain mall of the Jewish nation at Jerusalem,
who appeared to be very accurate in the knowledge of the law. His name
was Simon. This man got together an assembly, while the king was absent
at Cesarea, and had the insolence to accuse him as not living holily, and
that he might justly be excluded out of the temple, since it belonged only
to native Jews. But the general of Agrippa's army informed him that Simon
had made such a speech to the people. So the king sent for him; and as
he was sitting in the theater, he bid him sit down by him, and said to
him with a low and gentle voice, "What is there done in this place
that is contrary to the law?" But he had nothing to say for himself,
but begged his pardon. So the king was more easily reconciled to him than
one could have imagined, as esteeming mildness a better quality in a king
than anger, and knowing that moderation is more becoming in great men than
passion. So he made Simon a small present, and dismissed him.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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