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Early in the morning they started out and marched into the plain, where a large force of infantry and cavalry was coming to meet them; and a stream lay between them.
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Then he and his army lined up against them. He saw that the soldiers were afraid to cross the stream, so he crossed over first; and when his troops saw him, they crossed over after him.
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Then he divided the army and placed the cavalry in the center of the infantry, for the cavalry of the enemy were very numerous.
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They sounded the trumpets, and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight; many of them fell wounded and the rest fled into the stronghold.
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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. He then returned to Judea safely.
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Now Ptolemy son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho; he had a large store of 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 towns of the country and attending to their needs, and he went down to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas, in the one hundred 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.