Mat 24:2 | TSK | e4.org | There Josephus says that "Cesar gave orders that they should now demolish the whole city and temple, except the three towers Phaselus, Hippicus, and Mariamne, and a part of the western wall; but all the rest was laid so completely even with the ground, by those who dug it up from the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe that it had ever been inhabited." ; ; ; ; ; ;

‏ Matthew 24:2

There Josephus says that "Cesar gave orders that they should now demolish the whole city and temple, except the three towers Phaselus, Hippicus, and Mariamne, and a part of the western wall; but all the rest was laid so completely even with the ground, by those who dug it up from the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe that it had ever been inhabited." 1Kgs 9:7-8; Jer 26:18; Ezek 7:20-22; Dan 9:26-27; Mic 3:12; Luke 19:44; 2Pet 3:11