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But someone ran ahead and reported to John at Gazara that his father and brothers had perished, and that "he has sent men to kill you also."
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When he heard this, he was greatly shocked; he seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them, for he had found out that they were seeking to destroy him.
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The rest of the acts of John and his wars and the brave deeds that he did, and the building of the walls that he completed, and his achievements,
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are written in the annals of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.
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