c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.71

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.71

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.71

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

71Of the Jews there fell twelve thousand, but of the Romans very few. Absalom, who was at once both uncle and father-in-law to Aristobulus, was taken captive; and no small enormities were committed about the temple itself, which, in former ages, had been inaccessible, and seen by none;