Josephus defends religious liberty of non-Jewish refugees from Agrippa (Flavius Josephus Autobiography) (Flavius Josephus)

23. At this time it was that two great men, who were under the jurisdiction of the king [Agrippa] came to me out of the region of Trachonitis, bringing their horses and their arms and carrying with them their money also; and when the Jews would force them to be circumcised, if they would stay among them, I would not permit them to have any force put upon them, but said to them, �Every one ought to worship God according to his own inclinations and not to be constrained by force; and that these men, who had fled to us for protection, ought not to be so treated as to repent of their coming here.� and when I had pacified the multitude, I provided for the men that had come to us whatsoever it was they wanted, according to their usual way of living and that in great plenty also.