c. AD 94

J. AJ 20.238

The Antiquities of the Jews 20.238

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

20.238

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

238But then the posterity of the sons of Asamoneus, who had the government of the nation conferred upon them, when they had beaten the Macedonians in war, appointed Jonathan to be their high priest, who ruled over them seven years.