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these_o that_o follow_v medaba_n nabello_n livias_n tharabasa_n agalla_n athona_n zoara_n orona_n marissa_n rydda_n lusa_fw-la oryba_n chap._n iii_o aristobulus_n be_v vanquish_v be_v pursue_v as_o far_o as_o jerusalem_n aretas_n induce_v by_o these_o promise_n be_v content_a to_o send_v forth_o a_o army_n against_o aristobulus_n temple_n and_o himself_o in_o person_n conduct_v onward_o in_o that_o expedition_n fifty_o thousand_o man_n both_o on_o foot_n and_o horse_n and_o have_v the_o upper_a hand_n of_o his_o enemy_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o diverse_a after_o the_o attainment_n of_o this_o victory_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n submit_v themselves_o to_o hircanus_n and_o aristobulus_n perceive_v himself_o to_o be_v destitute_a of_o all_o his_o friend_n and_o follower_n flee_v unto_o jerusalem_n after_o he_o the_o king_n of_o arabia_n lead_v his_o army_n with_o all_o expedition_n and_o besiege_v he_o in_o the_o temple_n in_o this_o siege_n the_o common_a people_n assist_v hircanus_n 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