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When Bassus had settled these affairs, he marched hastily to the
forest of Jarden, as it is called; for he had heard that a great many of
those that had fled from Jerusalem and Macherus formerly were there gotten
together. When he was therefore come to the place, and understood that
the former news was no mistake, he, in the first place, surrounded the
whole place with his horsemen, that such of the Jews as had boldness enough
to try to break through might have no way possible for escaping, by reason
of the situation of these horsemen; and for the footmen, he ordered them
to cut down the trees that were in the wood whither they were fled. So
the Jews were under a necessity of performing some glorious exploit, and
of greatly exposing themselves in a battle, since they might perhaps thereby
escape. So they made a general attack, and with a great shout fell upon
those that surrounded them, who received them with great courage; and so
while the one side fought desperately, and the others would not yield,
the fight was prolonged on that account. But the event of the battle did
not answer the expectation of the assailants; for so it happened, that
no more than twelve fell on the Roman side, with a few that were wounded;
but not one of the Jews escaped out of this battle, but they were all killed,
being in the whole not fewer in number than three thousand, together with
Judas, the son of Jairus, their general, concerning whom we have before
spoken, that he had been a captain of a certain band at the siege of Jerusalem,
and by going down into a certain vault under ground, had privately made
his escape.
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