against Varus, and the Syrians of Cesarea; for it was reported
that they had slain the king. But Philip restrained their zeal,
and put them in mind of the benefits the king had bestowed upon
them; and told them how powerful the Romans were, and said it was
not for their advantage to make war with them; and at length he
prevailed with them. But now, when the king was acquainted with
Varus's design, which was to cut off the Jews of Caesarea, being
many ten thousands, with their wives and children, and all in one
day, he called to him Equiculus Modius, and sent him to be
Varus's successor, as we have elsewhere related. But still Philip
kept possession of the citadel of Gamala, and of the country
adjoining to it, which thereby continued in their allegiance to
the Romans.

12. Now, as soon as I was come into Galilee, and had learned this
state of things by the information of such as told me of them, I
wrote to the sanhedrim at Jerusalem about them, and required
their direction what I should do. Their direction was, that I
should continue there, and that, if my fellow legates were
willing, I should join with them in the care of Galilee. But
those my fellow legates, having gotten great riches from those
tithes which as priests were their dues, and were given to them,
determined to return to their own country. Yet when I desired
them to stay so long, that we might first settle the public
affairs, they complied with me. So I removed, together with them,
from the city of Sepphoris, and came to a certain village called
Bethmaus, four furlongs distant from Tiberius; and thence I sent
messengers to the senate of Tiberius, and desired that the
principal men of the city would come to me: and when they were
come, Justus himself being also with them, I told them that I was