c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.100

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.100

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.100

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

100But when he came back out of Egypt, he found Syria in disorder, with seditions and troubles; for Alexander, the son of Aristobulus, having seized on the government a second time by force, made many of the Jews revolt to him; and so he marched over the country with a great army, and slew all the Romans he could light upon, and proceeded to besiege the mountain called Gerizzim, whither they had retreated.