III. MANAHEM, or Manaim, Son of Judas the Galilean, or the Gaulonite, mentioned before. He drew to his Party some Persons of Quality; several Robbers, and other People that had nothing to lose1; and having taken by Force the Castle of Massada, he pillaged the Magazines of the late King Herod the Great, armed his People, and went strait to Jerusalem; of which making himself Master, he drove out the Romans, and caused himself to be proclaimed King2. He put to Death the High-priest Ananias, and soon became insupportable by his Cruelties and Excesses. This was the Occasion that two Men of the Party of Elcazar rose up against him, and encouraged the People to free themselves from the Yoke of his Tyranny, so that Manahem was set upon, and after some Resistance he was forsaken by his People, and forced to hide himself in a Place called Ophlas. From hence he was taken the Day following, and led away to his Punishment.
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