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After this he marched through Jericho, as making what haste he could
to be avenged on his brother's murderers; where happened to him a providential
sign, out of which, when he had unexpectedly escaped, he had the reputation
of being very dear to God; for that evening there feasted with him many
of the principal men; and after that feast was over, and all the guests
were gone out, the house fell down immediately. And as he judged this to
be a common signal of what dangers he should undergo, and how he should
escape them in the war that he was going about, he, in the morning, set
forward with his army, when about six thousand of his enemies came running
down from the mountains, and began to fight with those in his forefront;
yet durst they not be so very bold as to engage the Romans hand to hand,
but threw stones and darts at them at a distance; by which means they wounded
a considerable number; in which action Herod's own side was wounded with
a dart.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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