c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.51

The Wars of the Jews 5.51

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.51

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

51and when he had lodged there one night, he marched on in the morning; and when he had gone as far as a day’s march, he pitched his camp at that valley which the Jews, in their own tongue, call “the Valley of Thorns,” near a certain village called Gabaothsaul, which signifies “the Hill of Saul,” being distant from Jerusalem about thirty furlongs.