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Hereupon Herod was very angry at him, and was going to fight against
Macheras as his enemy; but he restrained his indignation, and marched to
Antony to accuse Macheras of maladministration. But Macheras was made sensible
of his offenses, and followed after the king immediately, and earnestly
begged and obtained that he would be reconciled to him. However, Herod
did not desist from his resolution of going to Antony; but when he heard
that he was besieging Samosata 1
with a great army, which is a strong city near to Euphrates, he made the
greater haste; as observing that this was a proper opportunity for showing
at once his courage, and for doing what would greatly oblige Antony. Indeed,
when he came, he soon made an end of that siege, and slew a great number
of the barbarians, and took from them a large prey; insomuch that Antony,
who admired his courage formerly, did now admire it still more. Accordingly,
he heaped many more honors upon him, and gave him more assured hopes that
he should gain his kingdom; and now king Antiochus was forced to deliver
up Samosata.
2
1 This Samosata, the metropolis of Commagena, is well known from its coins, as Spanheim here assures us. Dean Aldrich also confirms what Josephus here notes, that Herod was a great means of taking the city by Antony, and that from Plutarch and Dio.
2 THE DEATH OF JOSEPH [HEROD'S BROTHER] WHICH HAD BEEN SIGNIFIED TO HEROD IN DREAMS. HOW HEROD WAS PRESERVED TWICE AFTER A WONDERFUL MANNER. HE CUTS OFF THE HEAD OF PAPPUS, WHO WAS THE MURDERER OF HIS BROTHER AND SENDS THAT HEAD TO [HIS OTHER BROTHER] PHERORAS, AND IN NO LONG TIME HE BESIEGES JERUSALEM AND MARRIES MARIAMNE.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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