Jonathan (builder of Masada)

Also known as: Jonathan · Family: Jewish · Role: high priest and builder of Masada · First appears: Book VII, Chapter 8

Life events

• c. 72 · Herod rebuilds and heavily fortifies Masada as a refuge against danger.(Book VII, Chapter 8 · 📍 Masada)
  • With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
  • “after which the rebuilding of this place employed the care of king Herod to a great degree;”

Book VII, Chapter 8

• with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Jonathan first built Masada and Herod later rebuilt it.) “Upon this top of the hill, Jonathan the high priest first of all built a fortress, and called it Masada: after which the rebuilding of this place employed the care of king Herod to a great degree”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.