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And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
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And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil for good.
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And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.
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And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.
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And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
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Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.
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But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.
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And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:
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Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.