Josephus[2] stated that there was in his time a town, Abila, "full of palm trees", at a distance of sixty stadia[3] from the Jordan, and described it as the spot where Moses delivered the exhortations of Deuteronomy. It is claimed that to this day an acacia grove is not far from the place, although palms as mentioned by Josephus are not to be found. Perhaps Josephus or his sources did not distinguish acacia from palms.[citation needed][dubious ]