The Works of Flavius Josephus: Comprising the Antiquities of the Jews; A History of the Jewish Wars; And Life of Flavius Josephus (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of Flavius Josephus: Comprising the Antiquities of the Jews; A History of the Jewish Wars; And Life of Flavius JosephusBut before I had spoken all I designed, I heard one of my own domestics bi ding me come down; for that it was not a proper time to take care of retaining the good-will of the people of Tiberias, but to provide for my own safety, and escape my enemies there° for John had chosen the most trusty efthese armed men that were about him out of those thousand that he had with him, and had given them orders, when he sent them, to kill me, having learned that I was alone, excepting some of my domestics. So these that were sent came as they were ordered, and they had executed what they came about, had I not leaped down from the elevation I stood on, and with one of my guards, whose name was J been carried [out of the crowd] u the of one Herod of Tiberias, an 'dcd by him down to the lake, where seiaed a ship, and got into it, and escaped my enemies unex pectedly, and came to Tarichem.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.