c. AD 94

J. AJ 15.396

The Antiquities of the Jews 15.396

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

15.396

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

396He also encompassed the entire temple with very large cloisters, contriving them to be in a due proportion thereto; and he laid out larger sums of money upon them than had been done before him, till it seemed that no one else had so greatly adorned the temple as he had done. There was a large wall to both the cloisters, which wall was itself the most prodigious work that was ever heard of by man.