9. It was then that John’s brother Judas fell wounded; but John pursued them until Cendebeus reached Kedron, which he had fortified.
10. Some took refuge in the towers on the plain of Azotus, but John set fire to these, and about two thousand of the enemy perished. He then returned to Judea in peace.
11. Ptolemy, son of Abubus, had been appointed governor of the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold,
12. being the son-in-law of the high priest.