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Besides this murder at Scythopolis, the other cities rose up against
the Jews that were among them; those of Askelon slew two thousand five
hundred, and those of Ptolemais two thousand, and put not a few into bonds;
those of Tyre also put a great number to death, but kept a greater number
in prison; moreover, those of Hippos, and those of Gadara, did the like
while they put to death the boldest of the Jews, but kept those of whom
they were afraid in custody; as did the rest of the cities of Syria, according
as they every one either hated them or were afraid of them; only the Antiochtans
the Sidontans, and Apamians spared those that dwelt with them, and would
not endure either to kill any of the Jews, or to put them in bonds. And
perhaps they spared them, because their own number was so great that they
despised their attempts. But I think the greatest part of this favor was
owing to their commiseration of those whom they saw to make no innovations.
As for the Gerasans, they did no harm to those that abode with them; and
for those who had a mind to go away, they conducted them as far as their
borders reached.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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