CHAPTER XIII

WOE, WOE TO JERUSALEM

Two more years went by, two dreadful, bloody years. In Jerusalem the factions tore each other. In Galilee let the Jewish leader Josephus, under whom Caleb was fighting, do what he would, Vespasian and his generals stormed city after city, massacring their inhabitants by thousands and tens of thousands. In the coast towns and elsewhere Syrians and Jews made war. The Jews assaulted Gadara and Gaulonitis, Sebaste and Ascalon, Anthedon and Gaza, putting many to the sword. Then came their own turn, for the Syrians and Greeks rose upon them and slaughtered them without mercy. As yet, however, there had been no blood shed in Tyre, though all knew that it must come. The Essenes, who had been driven from their home by the Dead Sea and taken refuge in Jerusalem, sent messengers to Miriam warning her to flee from Tyre, where a massacre was being planned; warning her also not to come to Jerusalem, which city they believed to be doomed, but to escape, if possible over sea. Nor was this all, for her own people, the Christians, besought her to fly for her life's sake with them to the city of Pella, where they were gathering from Jerusalem and all Juda. To both Miriam answered that what her grandsire did, that she must do. If he fled, she would fly; if he stayed at Tyre, she would stay; if he went to Jerusalem, she would go; for he had been good to her and she had sworn that while he lived she would not desert him. So the Essene messengers went back to Jerusalem, and the Christian elders prayed with her, and having blessed her and consigned her to the care of the Most High and His Son, their Lord, departed to Pella, where, as it was fated, through all those dreadful times not a hair of their heads was touched.

1. Who had been driven from their home bye the Dead Sea?
2. Where did they take refuge?
3. Who did they send messengers to?
4. Who made war in the coast towns and other places?
5. Was there blood shed in Tyre?
6. What did the messengers warn Miriam to do?
7. What did Miriam answer?
8. So where did the Essene messengers go back to?
9. And which elders prayed with her?
10. To who did they consign her care?
11. And then where did they depart to?
12. Who assaulted Gadara and Gaulonitis?
13. Who was the Jewish leader in Galilee?
14. Which person was fighting under him?
15. Where was a massacre planned?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. The Essenes
2. Jerusalem
3. Miriam
4. Syrians and Jews
5. had been no blood shed in Tyre
6. to flee from Tyre
7. answered that what her grandsire did, that she must do
8. Jerusalem
9. Christian elders
10. Most High and His Son,
11. Pella
12. Jews
13. Josephus
14. Caleb
15. city after city