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^ Iiw p . 442 , 44 : 3 [ r > 75 ] 1 Maccab . x . 8 S ~* -39 . xi : 60 . The governments of Ptoleniais and Samaria had been granted to them ( 1 Maec . x . 38 , 39 . xi , 28 . 34 . ) , and , finally , Gaza itself , peopled with inhabitants who observed the Jewish law . 1 Mace * xiii . 48 . Again , Hyrcanus I . held the three offices of King , High-priest , and Prophet of Jekovah . Ant . xiii . 18 . 454 [ 588 ] .
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reigned in profound peace ! Ant . xiii . 17 . p . 431 { 58 . 3 ] . ( Avt * j o 2 £ 0 £ £ YLj'gtKYfVog , iroLgay svoijjevQg eig Xvwxr , < tfo \ Koig srstxi tfgog a $ a \( pov woterjstv y SisreXsi , ' ToKavog $ e Ttavroi , bksivov rov ^ oovoy ey JL
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perously in the territories which had been acquired . Aristo r t > ulus Phiiellen ( who reigned one year ) 9 conquered a large part of Ituraea ,, so as to pornpel the inhabitants to receive Judaism and circumcision . Ant , xiii . 19 , 455 [ 590 ] . Once for all , it is to be observed , that the Jews never conquered without endeavouring , at the same time , to introduce the theocracy , according to their ideas of it , into the country subdued * Tiinogenes and-Strabo . quoted by Josephus , had remarked this
circumstance , ubi sup . p . 456 " [ 590 ] . Jan-nseus Alexander , the next son of Hyrcanus , who came to the throne , found Gaza and Ptolemais only , of the maritime towns ,, unconquered . Ant . xiii . 20 . 4 c 6 [ 59 l ] ; and Gaza , which was then governed by five hundred senators ( nW& l ^ tO 1 DK ) v . 5 . was reduced by a . strong force , Ant . xiii , 21 . 459 £ 594 , 595 ] ; Amathon destroyed ; and Moab and Gilead niade tributaries ^ p . 46 C > £ 596 ] . Though , in the course of h ; s reign of twenty-seven ^ ars , h ^ vyas often unsuccessful against the Syrians and others , yet Josephus himself observes ( xiii- 23 ) , what fair prospects
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JPculu ^ Comm enta ry upon Zech . ix . —x . I . 657
