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John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing.
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Verse 1. John. He was afterwards surnamed Hircanus, and succeeded his father in both his dignities of high priest and prince. He conquered the Edomites, and obliged them to a conformity with the Jews in religion; and destroyed the schismatical temple of the Samaritans. Challoner.—He was the eldest son and successor of Simon. Worthington.—Gazara, the same with Gaza, ( Menochius.) or Gadara, where John resided. He came to announce the ravages of the enemy.
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