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At that time Judas the brother of John was wounded, but John pursued them until Cendebeus reached Kedron, which he had built.
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They also fled into the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and John burned it with fire, and about two thousand of them fell. And he returned to Judea safely.
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Now Ptolemy the son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold,
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for he was son-in-law of the high priest.
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His heart was lifted up; he determined to get control of the country, and made treacherous plans against Simon and his sons, to do away with them.
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Now Simon was visiting the cities of the country and attending to their needs, and he went down to Jericho with Mattathias and Judas his sons, in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat.
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The son of Abubus received them treacherously in the little stronghold called Dok, which he had built; he gave them a great banquet, and hid men there.
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When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptolemy and his men rose up, took their weapons, and rushed in against Simon in the banquet hall, and they killed him and his two sons and some of his servants.
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So he committed an act of great treachery and returned evil for good.
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Then Ptolemy wrote a report about these things and sent it to the king, asking him to send troops to aid him and to turn over to him the cities and the country.
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He sent other men to Gazara to do away with John; he sent letters to the captains asking them to come to him so that he might give them silver and gold and gifts;