The Antiquities of the Jews, 9.181

Flavius Josephus  translated by William Whiston

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181and when he had shot three arrows, and then left off, Elisha said, “If thou hadst shot more arrows, thou hadst cut the kingdom of Syria up by the roots; but since thou hast been satisfied with shooting three times only, thou shalt fight and beat the Syrians no more times than three, that thou mayest recover that country which they cut off from thy kingdom in the reign of thy father.” So when the king had heard that, he departed;

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