c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.252

The Wars of the Jews 6.252

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.252

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

252At which time one of the soldiers, without staying for any orders, and without any concern or dread upon him at so great an undertaking, and being hurried on by a certain divine fury, snatched somewhat out of the materials that were on fire, and being lifted up by another soldier, he set fire to a golden window, through which there was a passage to the rooms that were round about the holy house, on the north side of it.