Original: 4 miles) away from Jerusalem, is mentioned in medieval Greek manuscripts of the “Jewish war” of Josephus Flavius (7,6,6) under the name of Ammaus, apparently as a result of copyists’ mistake)Edward Robinson, "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions, the Voyage of 1852", — Boston: 1856.
Simplified: — Boston: 1841, p. 363 [ ] , "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions, the Voyage of 1852".