Also, Tacitus in Histories book 5 lists differing speculations on the Jews being from Crete, or Egypt, or Ethiopia, or Assyrians, and then relates an interesting story. "Most writers, however, agree in stating that once a disease, which horribly disfigured the body, broke out in Egypt, that king Bocchoris, seeking a remedy, consulted the oracle of Hammon, and was bidden to cleanse his realm, and to convey into some foreign land this race detested by the gods.
Pia, Tacitus kwenye Histories Kitabu cha 5 anaorodhesha mawazo mbalimbali ya kukisia kuwa Wayahudi walitokea Krete, au Misri, au Ethiopia, au Ashuri, na kisha anasimulia habari yenye kufurahisha sana. "Hata hivyo, waandishi wengi wanakubaliana kuwa kuliwahi kutokea ugonjwa, ambao uliharibu sana mwili, ulioanzia Misri, kiasi kuwa Mfalme Bocchoris, akitafuta kupona, alikwenda kwa kuhani muuguzi wa Hamoni, na alizuiliwa kuisafisha milki yake, na kuipeleka kwenye nchi nyingine ya kigeni jamii ya watu wanaochukiwa na miungu.