c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.361

The Wars of the Jews 1.361

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.361

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

3615. Now as to these her injunctions to Antony, he complied in part; for though he esteemed it too abominable a thing to kill such good and great kings, yet was he thereby alienated from the friendship he had for them. He also took away a great deal of their country; nay, even the plantation of palm trees at Jericho, where also grows the balsam tree, and bestowed them upon her; as also all the cities on this side the river Eleutherus, Tyre and Sidon excepted.