c. AD 77

J. BJ 4.515

The Wars of the Jews 4.515

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

4.515

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

515but durst not trust so much upon his forces as to make an assault upon the walls; but he resolved first to subdue Idumea, and as he had now twenty thousand armed men, he marched to the borders of their country.