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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 



