Antiquities of the Jews 9.236-237

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Antiquities of the Jews 9.236-237
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Ἰωσᾶς δὲ Ὀζία παῖς ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Ἰούδα φυλῆςἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐκ μητρὸς μὲν ἀστῆς γεγονὼςκαλουμένης δὲ Ἰεράσης. οὗτος ὁ βασιλεὺς οὐδεμιᾶςἀρετῆς ἀπελείπετο, ἀλλ᾽ εὐσεβὴς μὲν τὰ πρὸς τὸνθεόν, δίκαιος δὲ τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ὑπῆρχεν,ἐπιμελὴς δὲ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν: ὅσα γὰρ ἐπισκευῆς ἐδεῖτο καὶ κόσμου ταῦταφιλοτίμως ἐξειργάσατο, στοὰς μὲν τὰς ἐν τῷ ναῷἱδρύσας καὶ προπύλαια, τὰ δὲ καταπεπτωκότατῶν τειχῶν ἀνέστησε πύργους παμμεγέθεις καὶδυσαλώτους οἰκοδομήσας, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἴ τικατὰ τὴν βασιλείαν ἠμέλητο πολλὴν ἐπιστροφὴνἐποιεῖτο.
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Jerusalem - the city and its constituent parts
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building
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Repairs to or new constructions of buildings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The king, Jotham
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