 Whoever had not seen it was not supposed to have beheld the glory of Israel.The members of their Sanhedrin, according to Sukkah, were seated on seventy-one golden thrones valued at tens of thousands of talents of gold; and the building was so vast that a flag had to be waved to show the people when to respond.At the head of this assembly, on the highest throne, was seated Alexander the Alabarch, the brother of Philo.