c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.282

The Wars of the Jews 6.282

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.282

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

282They also burnt down the treasury chambers, in which was an immense quantity of money, and an immense number of garments, and other precious goods there reposited; and, to speak all in a few words, there it was that the entire riches of the Jews were heaped up together, while the rich people had there built themselves chambers [to contain such furniture].