3.  But  Vespasian  removed  from  Emmaus,
where  he  had  Jtst  pitched  his  camp  before  the
city  Tiberias,  (now  Emmaus,  if  it  be  inter-
preted, may  be  rendered  "a  warm  bath,"  for
therein  is  a  spring  of  warm  water,  useful  for
heaUng,)  and  came  to  Gamala  ;  yet  was  its  situa-
tion siicii  that  he  was  not  able  to  encompass  it
all  round  with  soldiers  to  watch  it ;  but  where
the  places  were  practical,  he  set  men  to  watch  it,
and  seized  on  the  mountain  which  was  over  it.
And  as  the  legions,  according  to  their  usual
custom,  were  fortifying  their  camp  upon  that
mountain,  he  began  to  cast  up  banks  at  the
bottom,  at  the  part  towards  the  east,  where  the
highest  tower  of  the  whole  city  was,  and  where
the  fifteenth  legion  pitched  their  camp ;  while
the  fifth  legion  did  duty  over  against  the  midst
of  the  city,  and  whilst  the  tenth  legion  tiUed  up
the  ditches  and  valleys.  Now  at  this  time  it
was  that  as  king  Agi'ippa  was  come  nigh  the
walls,  and  was  endeavouring  to  speak  to  those
tliat  were  on  the  walls  about  a  surrender,  he  was
hit  with  a  stone  on  his  right  elbow  by  one  of  the
slingers;  he  was  then  immediately  surrounded
with  his  own  men.  But  the  Romans  were  ex-
cited to  set  about  the  siege,  by  their  indignation
on  the  king's  account,  and  by  their  fear  on  their
own  account,  as  concluding  that  those  men
would  omit  no  kinds  of  barbarity  agamst  fo-
reigners and  enemies,  who  were  so  enraged
against  one  of  their  own  nation,  and  one  that
advised  them  to  nothing  but  what  was  for  their
own  advantage.
