c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.423

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.423

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.423

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

423but the king caused certain chests to be made, in order to destroy them, and to be hung down, bound about with iron chains, by an engine, from the top of the mountain, it being not possible to get up to them, by reason of the sharp ascent of the mountains, nor to creep down to them from above.