nger had come to me from
Silas, whom I had made governor of Tiberias, as I have said already, and
had told me of the inclinations of the people of Tiberias, and advised
me to make haste thither; for that, if I made any delay, the city would
come under another's jurisdiction. Upon the receipt of this letter of
Silas, I took two hundred men along with me, and traveled all night,
having sent before a messenger to let the people of Tiberias know that I
was coming to them. When I came near to the city, which was early in the
morning, the multitude came out to meet me; and John came with them,
and saluted me, but in a most disturbed manner, as being afraid that my
coming was to call him to an account for what I was now sensible he was
doing. So he, in great haste, went to his lodging. But when I was in
the open place of the city, having dismissed the guards I had about me,
excepting one, and ten armed men that were with him, I attempted to make
a speech to the multitude of the people of Tiberias: and, standing on
a certain elevated place, I entreated them not to be so hasty in their
revolt; for that such a change in their behavior would be to their
reproach, and that they would then justly be suspected by those that
should be their governors hereafter, as if they were not likely to be
faithful to them neither.

18. But before I had spoken all I designed, I heard one of my own
domestics bidding 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 of those 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 those 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 James,
been carried [out of the crowd] upon the back of one Herod of Tiberias,
and guided by him down to the lake, where I seized a ship, and got into
it, and escaped my enemies unexpectedly, and came to Tarichese.

19. Now, as soon as the inhabitants of that city understood the
perfidiousness of the people of Tiberias, they were greatly provoked at
them. So they snatched up their arms, and desired me to be their leader
against them; for