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This victory was not sufficient for Antigonus; but he proceeded to
that degree of rage, as to treat the dead body of Joseph barbarously; for
when he had got possession of the bodies of those that were slain, he cut
off his head, although his brother Pheroras would have given fifty talents
as a price of redemption for it. And now the affairs of Galilee were put
in such disorder after this victory of Antigonus's, that those of Antigonus's
party brought the principal men that were on Herod's side to the lake,
and there drowned them. There was a great change made also in Idumea, where
Macheras was building a wall about one of the fortresses, which was called
Gittha. But Herod had not yet been informed of these things; for after
the taking of Samosata, and when Antony had set Sosius over the affairs
of Syria, and had given him orders to assist Herod against Antigonus, he
departed into Egypt; but Sosius sent two legions before him into Judea
to assist Herod, and followed himself soon after with the rest of his army.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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