Ka cika wannan magana: In ji Josephus, a lokacin da Titus ya kewaye Urushalima a shekara ta 70 A.Z., mutane 20,000 daga Idumea, a ƙarƙashin shugabancin Yohanna, Siman, Finehas, da Yakubu, sun taimaki 'yan kishin ƙasa su yi yaƙi don su sami 'yanci daga Roma, waɗanda aka kewaye a haikalin. Bayan da
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Yahudawa, ba a sake ambaton mutanen Idumaean a cikin tarihi ba, kodayake har yanzu ana magana game da yankin "Idumea" a lokacin Jerome.