c. AD 94

J. AJ 13.390

The Antiquities of the Jews 13.390

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

13.390

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

390So Alexander, out of fear of his coming, dug a deep ditch, beginning at Chabarzaba, which is now called Antipatris, to the sea of Joppa, on which part only his army could be brought against him. He also raised a wall, and erected wooden towers, and intermediate redoubts, for one hundred and fifty furlongs in length, and there expected the coming of Antiochus;