[356] “Life,” 3; “Wars,” III. vii. 2-viii. 9.

[357] “Wars,” VI. ii. 1; Mishnah, Taanith, iv. 6.

[358] “Wars,” V. xii. 2.

[359] See my plan and account, “Mem. West Pal. Survey,” iii. p. 417.

[360] “Ord. Survey Notes,” p. 64.

[361] “Mem. West Pal. Survey,” Jerusalem vol., p. 419.

[362] Perhaps the Aramaic really read Beth ha Rababthi (B and N being much alike), thus connecting the place with the present Valley of Rabâbeh—the Hinnom gorge.

[363] “Wars,” VI. i. 6-iv. 6; Mishnah, Taanith, iv. 6, 7.

[364] “Wars,” VI. viii. 1–4.

[365] Josephus, “Life,” 75.