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And when the rest of the people cried out, that it was one Clitus
that was the chief author of this revolt, they desired him to spend his
anger upon him [only]; but Josephus, whose intention it was to slay nobody,
commanded one Levius, belonging to his guards, to go out of the vessel,
in order to cut off both Clitus's hands; yet was Levius afraid to go out
by himself alone to such a large body of enemies, and refused to go. Now
Clitus saw that Josephus was in a great passion in the ship, and ready
to leap out of it, in order to execute the punishment himself; he begged
therefore from the shore, that he would leave him one of his hands; which
Josephus agreed to, upon condition that he would himself cutoff the other
hand; accordingly he drew his sword, and with his right hand cut off his
left, so great was the fear he was in of Josephus himself. And thus he
took the people of Tiberias prisoners, and recovered the city again with
empty ships and seven of his guard. Moreover, a few days afterward he retook
Gischala, which had revolted with the people of Sepphoris, and gave his
soldiers leave to plunder it; yet did he get all the plunder together,
and restored it to the inhabitants; and the like he did to the inhabitants
of Sepphoris and Tiberias. For when he had subdued those cities, he had
a mind, by letting them be plundered, to give them some good instruction,
while at the same time he regained their good-will by restoring them their
money again.
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1 THE JEWS MAKE ALL READY FOR THE WAR; AND SIMON, THE SON OF GIORAS, FALLS TO PLUNDERING.
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