32 And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him.
33 And Jonathan and Simon his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake of Asphar,
34 And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself with all his army over the Jordan on the sabbath day.
35 And Jonathan sent his brother a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious.
36 And the children of Jambri came forth out of Madaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went away with them.
37 After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride out of Madaba, the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan, with great pomp.
38 And the remembered the blood of John their brother: and they went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain.