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528He then pitched his camp upon the elevation called Scopus [or watchtower], which was distant seven furlongs from the city; yet did not he assault them in three days’ time, out of expectation that those within might perhaps yield a little; and in the meantime he sent out a great many of his soldiers into neighboring villages, to seize upon their corn. And on the fourth day, which was the thirtieth of the month Hyperberetaeus, [Tisri,] when he had put his army in array, he brought it into the city.
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