c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.206

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.206

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.206

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

206and that Hyrcanus, the son of Alexander, and his sons, have as tribute of that city from those that occupy the land for the country, and for what they export every year to Sidon, twenty thousand six hundred and seventy-five modii every year, the seventh year, which they call the Sabbatic year, excepted, whereon they neither plough, nor receive the product of their trees.