From the Taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Death of Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus

Hyrcanus was treated unjustly, by being deprived of that dominion which
belonged to him by the prerogative of his birth. And when he had
predisposed them both to do what he would have them, he took Hyrcanus by
night, and ran away from the city, and, continuing his flight with great
swiftness, he escaped to the place called Petra, which is the royal seat of the
king of Arabia, where he put Hyrcanus into Aretas's hand; and by
discoursing much with him, and gaining upon him with many presents, he
prevailed with him to give him an army that might restore him to his
kingdom. This army consisted of fifty thousand footmen and horsemen,
against which Aristobulus was not able to make resistance, but was deserted
in his first onset, and was driven to Jerusalem; he also had been taken at first
by force, if Scaurus, the Roman general, had not come and seasonably
interposed himself, and raised the siege. This Scaurus was sent into Syria
from Armenia by Pompey the Great, when he fought against Tigranes; so
Scaurus came to Damascus, which had been lately taken by Metellus and
Lollius, and caused them to leave the place; and, upon his hearing how the
affairs of Judea stood, he made haste thither as to a certain booty.
3. As soon, therefore, as he was come into the country, there came
ambassadors from both the brothers, each of them desiring his assistance; but
Aristobulus's three hundred talents had more weight with him than the justice
of the cause; which sum, when Scaurus had received, he sent a herald to
Hyrcanus and the Arabians, and threatened them with the resentment of the
Romans and of Pompey, unless they would raise the siege. So Aretas was
terrified, and retired out of Judea to Philadelphia, as did Scaurus return to
Damascus again; nor was Aristobulus satisfied with escaping [out of his
brother's hands,] but gathered all his forces together, and pursued his
enemies, and fought them at a place called Papyron, and slew about six
thousand of them, and, together with them Antipater's brother Phalion.
4. When Hyrcanus and Antipater were thus deprived of their hopes from
the Arabians, they transferred the same to their adversaries; and because
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