t out his army in
all their proper habiliments to meet him, in order to pay Herod this
respect, and because of the assistance he had given him; for he had
heard what attacks the barbarians had made upon him [in Judea]. He also
was very glad to see him there, as having been made acquainted with the
great actions he had performed upon the road. So he entertained him very
kindly, and could not but admire his courage. Antony also embraced him
as soon as he saw him, and saluted him after a most affectionate manner,
and gave him the upper hand, as having himself lately made him a king;
and in a little time Antiochus delivered up the fortress, and on that
account this war was at an end; then Antony committed the rest to
Sosius, and gave him orders to assist Herod, and went himself to Egypt.
Accordingly, Sosius sent two legions before into Judea to the assistance
of Herod, and he followed himself with the body of the army.

10. Now Joseph was already slain in Judea, in the manner following:
He forgot what charge his brother Herod had given him when he went
to Antony; and when he had pitched his camp among the mountains, for
Macheras had lent him five regiments, with these he went hastily to
Jericho, in order to reap the corn thereto belonging; and as the Roman
regiments were but newly raised, and were unskillful in war, for they
were in great part collected out of Syria, he was attacked by the enemy,
and caught in those places of difficulty, and was himself slain, as he
was fighting bravely, and the whole army was lost, for there were
six regiments slain. So when Antigonus had got possession of the dead
bodies, he cut off Joseph's head, although Pheroras his brother would
have redeemed it at the price of fifty talents. After which defeat,
the Galileans revolted from their commanders, and took those of Herod's
party, and drowned them in the lake, and a great part of Judea was
become seditious; but Macheras fortified the place Gitta [in Samaria].

11. At this time messengers came to Herod, and informed him of what had
been done; and when he was come to Daphne by Antioch, they told him of
the ill fortune that had befallen his brother; which yet he expected,
from certain visions that appeared to him in his dreams, which clearly
foreshowed his brother's death. So he hastened his march; and when he
came to Mount Libanus, he received about eight hundred of the men of
that place, having already with him also one Roman legion, and with