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And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
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And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming.
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And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes.
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And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
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For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.