c. AD 77

J. BJ 7.217

The Wars of the Jews 7.217

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

7.217

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

217for he did not found any city there, but reserved the country for himself. However, he assigned a place for eight hundred men only, whom he had dismissed from his army, which he gave them for their habitation; it is called Emmaus, and is distant from Jerusalem threescore furlongs.