Joshua 22:15

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

Ver. 15. And they spake with them, saying.] Cuncta prius tentanda … Omne bellum sumitur facile: caeterum agerrime desinit, saith Sallust. a Therefore Philip of Macedon wrought more by treaties than by arms, as Polyaenus b observeth, and held it the far better way.

a Sal., in Jugur.

b ουκ ελαττω δι ομιλιας η δια μαχης κατειργαζετο. - Polyaen. Strat., lib. iv.