[631] It appears that in the time of Strabo and Josephus the temple of Jupiter only remained; at a later period a town was built there, of which Steph. Byzant., Ammianus Marcellinus, and others speak, and which became the seat of a bishopric.
[634] Arabia Petræa. Petra, now called Karac, was the capital.
[635] Josephus, Ant. Jud. xiii. 9. 1.
[637] Jaffa.
[638] Rabbath-Ammon, or Amma.
[639] Herod rebuilt Samaria, and surrounded it with a vast enclosure. There also he erected a magnificent temple, and gave to the city the surname of Sebaste, in honour of Augustus.
[640] In b. xvii. c. ii. § [5], our author again says that the Jews were originally Egyptians. So also Josephus, xiv. 7. 2.