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(Then follows in 12:3 the account of a change of heart on the 

 part of the inhabitants of Ptolemais and their decision to have 

 nothing to do with Ptolemy. Although he learned of this, Ptolemy- 

 came straight on and pitched camp near the city. But when the 

 people would have nothing to do with him, he was at a loss what 

 to do.) 



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XIII, 12:2 " When he (i. e., Alexander Jannaeus) had arranged 

 the government in the way he considered most advantageous for 



