1 Maccabees 12:40
“Howbeit, he was afraid that Ionathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him, wherefore he sought a way, howe to take Ionathan, that he might kill him. So he remoued, and came to Bethsan.”
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1 Maccabees 12:40 Context
38Simon also set vp Adida, in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and barres. 39Now Tryphon went about to get the kingdome of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that hee might set the crowne vpon his owne head. 40Howbeit, he was afraid that Ionathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him, wherefore he sought a way, howe to take Ionathan, that he might kill him. So he remoued, and came to Bethsan. 41Then Ionathan went out to meet him with fourtie thousand men, chosen for the battell, and came to Bethsan. 42Now when Tryphon saw that Ionathan came with so great a force, hee durst not stretch his hande against him,
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Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan.
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