c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.18

The Wars of the Jews 2.18

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.18

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

18but as soon as those that were his hinderance were gone, when Varus was gone to Antioch, and Archelaus was sailed to Rome, he immediately went on to Jerusalem, and seized upon the palace. And when he had called for the governors of the citadels, and the stewards [of the king’s private affairs], he tried to sift out the accounts of the money, and to take possession of the citadels.