The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 41814 |
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... slain a number of those whom he had caught ( which were only the weaker part of the Galileans , and such as were of timorous souls ) saw that the warriors ran always to those cities whose wails had been built by Josephus , he marched ...
... slain a number of those whom he had caught ( which were only the weaker part of the Galileans , and such as were of timorous souls ) saw that the warriors ran always to those cities whose wails had been built by Josephus , he marched ...
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... slain , and their children and " wives were to be killed immediately by the enemy ; and " that they would before - hand spend all their fury on account " of the calamities just coming upon them , and pour it out on " the actors . " 22 ...
... slain , and their children and " wives were to be killed immediately by the enemy ; and " that they would before - hand spend all their fury on account " of the calamities just coming upon them , and pour it out on " the actors . " 22 ...
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... slain by the Jews ; for when the Romans could not keep their feet , the Jews being freed from fighting hand to hand , had leisure to throw their darts at them . So the general called off those soldiers in the evening that had suffered ...
... slain by the Jews ; for when the Romans could not keep their feet , the Jews being freed from fighting hand to hand , had leisure to throw their darts at them . So the general called off those soldiers in the evening that had suffered ...
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... slain in great numbers together ; many of them were run through by swords of their own men , and many by their own swords , besides an immense number that were slain by the Romans . Nor had they any courage to revenge them- selves ; for ...
... slain in great numbers together ; many of them were run through by swords of their own men , and many by their own swords , besides an immense number that were slain by the Romans . Nor had they any courage to revenge them- selves ; for ...
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... slain , both now in the city , and at the former fight , was fifteen thousand , and the captives were two thousand one hun- dred and thirty . This calamity befel the Galileans on the twenty - fifth day of the month Desius [ Sivan ] . 32 ...
... slain , both now in the city , and at the former fight , was fifteen thousand , and the captives were two thousand one hun- dred and thirty . This calamity befel the Galileans on the twenty - fifth day of the month Desius [ Sivan ] . 32 ...
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