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The Israelites grew so indolent, and unready of taking pains, that
misfortunes came heavier upon them, which also proceeded in part from their
contempt of the Divine worship; for when they had once fallen off from
the regularity of their political government, they indulged themselves
further in living according to their own pleasure, and according to their
own will, till they were full of the evil doings that were common among
the Canaanites. God therefore was angry with them, and they lost that their
happy state which they had obtained by innumerable labors, by their luxury;
for when Chushan, king of the Assyrians, had made war against them, they
lost many of their soldiers in the battle, and when they were besieged,
they were taken by force; nay, there were some who, out of fear, voluntarily
submitted to him, and though the tribute laid upon them was more than they
could bear, yet did they pay it, and underwent all sort of oppression for
eight years; after which thee they were freed from them in the following
manner: -
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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