The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, Two Books in Answer to Apion, the Martyrdom of the Maccabees, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself, Part 2Samuel Walker, 1849 |
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Page 388
... fire . And as the cross beams that supported the banks were burning , the ditch yielded on the sudden , and the banks were shaken down , and fell into the ditch , with a prodigious noise . Now at the first bank there arose a very thick ...
... fire . And as the cross beams that supported the banks were burning , the ditch yielded on the sudden , and the banks were shaken down , and fell into the ditch , with a prodigious noise . Now at the first bank there arose a very thick ...
Page 410
... fire all about them , the spirits of the Jews sunk , together with their bodies : and they were under such astonishment , that not one of them made any haste either to de- fend himself , or to quench the fire but they stood as mute ...
... fire all about them , the spirits of the Jews sunk , together with their bodies : and they were under such astonishment , that not one of them made any haste either to de- fend himself , or to quench the fire but they stood as mute ...
Page 443
... fire to it . So he gave order that the soldiers should throw a great number of burning torches upon it . Accord- ingly , as it was chiefly made of wood , it soon took fire and its hollowness made the fire spread to a mighty flame . Now ...
... fire to it . So he gave order that the soldiers should throw a great number of burning torches upon it . Accord- ingly , as it was chiefly made of wood , it soon took fire and its hollowness made the fire spread to a mighty flame . Now ...
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