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35. Jonathan sent his brother as leader of the convoy to implore his friends, the Nabateans, to let them deposit with them their great quantity of baggage.
36. But the tribe of Jambri from Medaba made a raid and seized and carried off John and everything he had.
37. After this, word was brought to Jonathan and his brother Simon: “The tribe of Jambri are celebrating a great wedding, and with a large escort they are bringing the bride, the daughter of one of the great princes of Canaan, from Nadabath.”
38. Remembering the blood of John their brother, they went up and hid themselves under cover of the mountain.
39. As they watched there appeared a noisy throng with much baggage; then the bridegroom and his friends and kinsmen had come out to meet them with tambourines and musicians with their instruments.
40. Jonathan and his party rose up against them from their ambush and killed them. Many fell wounded; the rest fled toward the mountain; all their spoils were taken.
41. Thus the wedding was turned into mourning, and the sound of their music into lamentation.