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NOW during this time Antigonus besieged those that were in Masada,
who had all other necessaries in sufficient quantity, but were in want
of water; on which account Joseph, Herod's brother, was disposed to run
away to the Arabians, with two hundred of his own friends, because he had
heard that Malichus repented of his offenses with regard to Herod; and
he had been so quick as to have been gone out of the fortress already,
unless, on that very night when he was going away, there had fallen a great
deal of rain, insomuch that his reservoirs were full of water, and so he
was under no necessity of running away. After which, therefore, they made
an irruption upon Antigonus's party, and slew a great many of them, some
in open battles, and some in private ambush; nor had they always success
in their attempts, for sometimes they were beaten, and ran away.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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