23. And he took with him those who were in Galilee and in Arbatta, with their wives and children, and all that was theirs, and he led them into Judea with great rejoicing.
24. And Judas Maccabeus, and Jonathan his brother, crossed over the Jordan, and they traveled three days' journey through the desert.
25. And the Nabateans met them, and they accepted them peacefully, and they described to them all that had happened to their brothers in the land of Gilead,