 | M. a. Reverend a. R. Shilleto, Flavius Josephus - 2006 - 277 pages
...should afterwards besiege it from having it in their power to divert the river and so enter it, he built three walls about the inner city, and three about...of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. And when he had thus fortified the city with walls in an excellent manner, and had adorned the gates... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1822 - 474 pages
...have it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate an entrance into it; and this he did by building three walls about the inner city, and...of burnt brick and bitumen, and some of brick only. So when he had thus fortified the city with walls after an excellent manner, and had adorned the gates... | |
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Babylon, that none who should besiege it afterwards might have it in their power to divert the river, so as to facilitate an entrance into it ; and this he did by building three walls about the inner city, and three about the outer. 
