by these means was desirous to
give assurance of his good-will, and to take away all suspicions out
of his mind, that so he might make him careless and inconsiderate, and
might take him when he was unguarded. He also advised him to dismiss his
army, because there was no occasion for bringing it with him when there
was no war, but all was in peace. However, he desired him to retain a
few about him, and go with him to Ptolemais, for that he would deliver
the city up to him, and would bring all the fortresses that were in the
country under his dominion; and he told him that he came with those very
designs.

2. Yet did not Jonathan suspect any thing at all by this his management,
but believed that Trypho gave him this advice out of kindness, and with
a sincere design. Accordingly, he dismissed his army, and retained no
more than three thousand of them with him, and left two thousand
in Galilee; and he himself, with one thousand, came with Trypho to
Ptolemais. But when the people of Ptolemais had shut their gates, as it
had been commanded by Trypho to do, he took Jonathan alive, and slew
all that were with him. He also sent soldiers against those two thousand
that were left in Galilee, in order to destroy them; but those men
having heard the report of what had happened to Jonathan, they prevented
the execution; and before those that were sent by Trypho came, they
covered themselves with their armor, and went away out of the country.
Now when those that were sent against them saw that they were ready to
fight for their lives, they gave them no disturbance, but returned back
to Trypho.

3. But when the people of Jerusalem heard that Jonathan was taken, and
that the soldiers who were with him were destroyed, they deplored his
sad fate; and there was earnest inquiry made about him by every body,
and a great and just fear fell upon them, and made them sad, lest, now
they were deprived of the courage and conduct of Jonathan, the nations
about them should bear them ill-will; and as they were before quiet on
account of Jonathan they should now rise up against them, and by making
war with them, should force them into the utmost dangers. And indeed
what they suspected really befell them; for when those nations heard
of the death of Jonathan, they began to make war with the Jews as now
destitute of a governor and Trypho himself got an army together, and had
intention to go up to Judea, and make war against its inhabitants.
But when