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Now a great multitude of Jews resorted to him every day, both out
of Jericho and the other parts of the country. Some were moved so to do
out of their hatred to Antigonus, and some out of regard to the glorious
actions Herod had done; but others were led on by an unreasonable desire
of change; so he fell upon them immediately. As for Pappus and his party,
they were not terrified either at their number or at their zeal, but marched
out with great alacrity to fight them; and it came to a close fight. Now
other parts of their army made resistance for a while; but Herod, running
the utmost hazard, out of the rage he was in at the murder of his brother,
that he might be avenged on those that had been the authors of it, soon
beat those that opposed him; and after he had beaten them, he always turned
his force against those that stood to it still, and pursued them all; so
that a great slaughter was made, while some were forced back into that
village whence they came out; he also pressed hard upon the hindermost,
and slew a vast number of them; he also fell into the village with the
enemy, where every house was filled with armed men, and the upper rooms
were crowded above with soldiers for their defense; and when he had beaten
those that were on the outside, he pulled the houses to pieces, and plucked
out those that were within; upon many he had the roofs shaken down, whereby
they perished by heaps; and as for those that fled out of the ruins, the
soldiers received them with their swords in their hands; and the multitude
of those slain and lying on heaps was so great, that the conquerors could
not pass along the roads. Now the enemy could not bear this blow, so that
when the multitude of them which was gathered together saw that those in
the village were slain, they dispersed themselves, and fled away; upon
the confidence of which victory, Herod had marched immediately to Jerusalem,
unless he tad been hindered by the depth of winter's [coming on]. This
was the impediment that lay in the way of this his entire glorious progress,
and was what hindered Antigonus from being now conquered, who was already
disposed to forsake the city.
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