c. AD 77

J. BJ 7.427

The Wars of the Jews 7.427

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

7.427

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

427where Onias built a fortress and a temple, not like to that at Jerusalem, but such as resembled a tower. He built it of large stones to the height of sixty cubits;