c. AD 77

J. BJ 4.552

The Wars of the Jews 4.552

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

4.552

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

552but Cerealis, one of his commanders, took a body of horsemen and footmen, and laid waste that part of Idumea which was called the Upper Idumea, and attacked Caphethra, which pretended to be a small city, and took it at the first onset, and burnt it down. He also attacked Capharabim, and laid siege to it,