The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Volume 4W. Borradaile, 1824 |
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... soldiers rushed violently into that part of the city that was called Delta , where the Jewish people lived together ; and did as they were bidden ; though not without bloodshed on their own side also . For the Jews got together , and ...
... soldiers rushed violently into that part of the city that was called Delta , where the Jewish people lived together ; and did as they were bidden ; though not without bloodshed on their own side also . For the Jews got together , and ...
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... soldiers to plunder , and set fire to the city ; although it were of admirable beauty , and had its houses built like those in Tyre , and Sidon , and Berytus . After this he overran all * Spanheim notes on the place , that this later ...
... soldiers to plunder , and set fire to the city ; although it were of admirable beauty , and had its houses built like those in Tyre , and Sidon , and Berytus . After this he overran all * Spanheim notes on the place , that this later ...
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... soldiers fell upon them , and slew them all , with their families ; and then plundered and burnt the city . The number of the slain was eight thousand four hundred . In like manner Cestius sent also a considerable body of horsemen to ...
... soldiers fell upon them , and slew them all , with their families ; and then plundered and burnt the city . The number of the slain was eight thousand four hundred . In like manner Cestius sent also a considerable body of horsemen to ...
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... soldiers undermined the wall , without being themselves hurt ; and got all things ready for setting fire to the gate of the temple . * See chap . 15 . Now it was that a horrible fear seized upon the 14 [ BOOK II . WARS OF THE JEWS .
... soldiers undermined the wall , without being themselves hurt ; and got all things ready for setting fire to the gate of the temple . * See chap . 15 . Now it was that a horrible fear seized upon the 14 [ BOOK II . WARS OF THE JEWS .
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... soldiers from the place ; and by despairing of any expectation of taking it , without having received any disgrace , he retired from the city , without any rea- son in the world . But when the robbers perceived this unexpect- ed retreat ...
... soldiers from the place ; and by despairing of any expectation of taking it , without having received any disgrace , he retired from the city , without any rea- son in the world . But when the robbers perceived this unexpect- ed retreat ...
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