To  which  Agrippa  replied,  that  what  they  had
already  done  was  like  such  as  make  war  agaiust
the  Romans ;  "  for  you  have  not  paid  the  tribute
which  is  due  to  Coesar;*and  you  have  cut  off
the  cloisters  [of  the  temple]  from  joining  to  the
tower  Antonia.  You  will  therefore  prevent  any
occasion  of  revolt,  if  you  will  but  join  these  to-
gether again,  and  if  you  will  but  pay  your  tri-
bute ;  for  the  citadel  does  not  now  belong  to
Floinis,  nor  are  you  to  pay  the  tribute-money  to
Elonia."


CH.VPTER  XVn

HOW  THE  WAR  OP  THE  JKWS   WITH  THE  R0KAN3
BEGAN  ;  AND  CONCER^'ING  MANAH2M.
§  1.  Tnis  advice  the  people  hearkened  to,  and
went  up  into  the  temple  with  the  king  and  Ber-
nice,  and  began  to  rebuild  the  cloisters :  the
rulers  also  and  senators  divided  themselves  into
the  villages,  and  collected  the  tributes,  and  soon
got  together  forty  talents,  wliicli  was  the  sum
that  was  deficient.  And  thus  did  Agrippa  then
put  a  stop  to  that  war  which  was  threatened.
*  Julius  CiBsar  had  decreed,  that  the  Jews  of  Jeru-
■alein  should  pay  an  annual  tribute  to  the  llomans,  ex-
cepting the  city  of  Joi)i)a,  and  for  the  Sabbatical  year.
