c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.271

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.271

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.271

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

2711. When Herod had been at Rome, and was come back again, a war arose between him and the Arabians, on the occasion following: The inhabitants of Trachonitis, after Caesar had taken the country away from Zenodorus, and added it to Herod, had not now power to rob, but were forced to plough the land, and to live quietly, which was a thing they did not like;