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When, therefore, silence was made by the whole multitude, I spake
thus to them: "O my countrymen! I refuse not to die, if justice so
require. However, I am desirous to tell you the truth of this matter before
I die; for as I know that this city of yours [Tarichee] was a city of great
hospitality, and filled with abundance of such men as have left their own
countries, and are come hither to be partakers of your fortune, whatever
it be, I had a mind to build walls about it, out of this money, for which
you are so angry with me, while yet it was to be expended in building your
own walls." Upon my saying this, the people of Taricheae and the strangers
cried out, that" they gave me thanks, and desired me to be of good
courage," although the Galileans and the people of Tiberias continued
in their wrath against me, insomuch that there arose a tumult among them,
while some threatened to kill me, and some bade me not to regard them;
but when I promised them that I would build them walls at Tiberias, and
at other cities that wanted them, they gave credit to what I promised,
and returned every one to his own home. So I escaped the forementioned
danger, beyond all my hopes, and returned to my own house, accompanied
with my friends, and twenty armed men also.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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