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With these directions Herod complied, and came to Berytus, where
Caesar had ordered the court to be assembled, and got the judicature together.
The presidents sat first, as Caesar's letters had appointed, who were Saturninus
and Pedanius, and their lieutenants that were with them, with whom was
the procurator Volumnius also; next to them sat the king's kinsmen and
friends, with Salome also, and Pheroras; after whom sat the principal men
of all Syria, excepting Archelaus; for Herod had a suspicion of him, because
he was Alexander's father-in-law. Yet did not he produce his sons in open
court; and this was done very cunningly, for he knew well enough that had
they but appeared only, they would certainly have been pitied; and if withal
they had been suffered to speak, Alexander would easily have answered what
they were accused of; but they were in custody at Platane, a village of
the Sidontans.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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