been related elsewhere. However, Antipater supplied his army,
which he sent against Archelaus, with corn, and weapons, and money.
He also made those Jews who were above Pelusium his friends and
confederates, and had been the guardians of the passes that led into
Egypt. But when he came back out of Egypt, he found Syria in disorder,
with seditions and troubles; for Alexander, the son of Aristobulus,
having seized on the government a second time by force, made many of
the Jews revolt to him; and so he marched over the country with a great
army, and slew all the Romans he could light upon, and proceeded to
besiege the mountain called Gerizzim, whither they had retreated.

3. But when Gabinius found Syria in such a state, he sent Antipater, who
was a prudent man, to those that were seditious, to try whether he could
cure them of their madness, and persuade them to return to a better
mind; and when he came to them, he brought many of them to a sound mind,
and induced them to do what they ought to do; but he could not restrain
Alexander, for he had an army of thirty thousand Jews, and met Gabinius,
and joining battle with him, was beaten, and lost ten thousand of his
men about Mount Tabor.

4. So Gabinius settled the affairs which belonged to the city Jerusalem,
as was agreeable to Antipater's inclination, and went against the
Nabateans, and overcame them in battle. He also sent away in a friendly
manner Mithridates and Orsanes, who were Parthian deserters, and came to
him, though the report went abroad that they had run away from him.
And when Gabinius had performed great and glorious actions, in his
management of the affairs of war, he returned to Rome, and delivered
the government to Crassus. Now Nicolaus of Damascus, and Strabo of
Cappadocia, both describe the expeditions of Pompey and Gabinius against
the Jews, while neither of them say anything new which is not in the
other.

CHAPTER 7. How Crassus Came Into Judea, And Pillaged The Temple; And
Then Marched Against The Parthians And Perished, With His Army. Also How
Cassius Obtained Syria, And Put A Stop To The Parthians And Then Went Up
To Judea.

1. Now Crassus, as he was going upon his expedition against the
Parthians, came into Judea, and carried off the money that was in the
temple, which Pompey had left, being two thousand talents, and was
disposed to spoil it of all the gold belonging to it, which was eight
thousand talents. He also took a beam, which