31 So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas. (WEB) 32 When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him. (WEB) 33 Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoah, and encamped by the water of the pool of Asphar. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:31–33
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1 Maccabees 9:46–48
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1 Maccabees 3:1–2
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1 Maccabees 11:68–70
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1 Maccabees 9:62–64
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1 Maccabees 4:15–17
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