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Often appears with: siege and fortification · john son of levi · gischala · fortifications · conquest, plunder, and captives · civil war and rebellion
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Josephus describes Gischala’s conflict: John son of Levi tries to restrain revolt, is defeated by neighbors who burn the town, then John rebuilds Gischala with walls and fights back.
we have elsewhere related. But still Philip kept possession of the citadel of Gamala, and of the country adjoining to it, which thereby continued in their allegiance to the Romans. 12. Now, as soon as I was come into Galilee, and had learned this state of things by the information of such as told me of them, I wrote to the sanhedrim at Jerusalem about them, and required their direction what I should do. Their direct…