10. And they fled all the way to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned to Judea in peace.
11. Now Ptolemy, the son of Abubus, was appointed commander over the plain of Jericho, and he held much silver and gold.
12. For he was the son-in-law of the high priest.
13. And his heart was exalted, and he wanted to obtain the region, and he devised treachery against Simon and his sons, so as to destroy them.