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1 Maccabees 9:35-37
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35 Jonathan sent his brother[a] as leader of the convoy to implore his friends, the Nabateans, to let them deposit with them their great quantity of baggage.(A) 36 But the tribe of Jambri from Medaba[b] made a raid and seized and carried off John and everything he had.

37 After this, word was brought to Jonathan and his brother Simon: “The tribe of Jambri are celebrating a great wedding, and with a large escort they are bringing the bride, the daughter of one of the great princes of Canaan, from Nadabath.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:35 Jonathan sent his brother: this was John who was called Gaddi (2:2; cf. 9:36, 38).
  2. 9:36 Medaba: northeast of the Dead Sea.
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