c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.108

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.108

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.108

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

108but this not till he had given his oath that he would remove nothing else out of the temple, but be satisfied with this only, which he should give him, being worth many ten thousand [shekels]. Now this beam was contained in a wooden beam that was hollow, but was known to no others; but Eleazar alone knew it;