What the records say
- When
- 67
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 700
- Coordinates
- 31.47° N, 35.39° E
- Description
- Sicarii raid during the First Jewish–Roman War (67 CE)
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Pillage of Ein Gedi
Sicarii raid on Ein Gedi during the First Jewish–Roman War (67 CE)
The Pillage of Ein Gedi refers to the Sicarii raid of Ein Gedi during the First Jewish–Roman War. According to Josephus, on Passover, the Sicarii of Masada raided Ein Gedi, a nearby Jewish settlement, and killed 700 of its inhabitants. Josephus' account is the only known record of the pillage and its perpetrators.
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