34. (Bacchides learnt about this on the Sabbath and crossed the Jordan with his whole army.)
35. Jonathan sent his brother John, who was responsible for the soldiers' families, to ask the Nabateans, with whom he was on friendly terms, for permission to store with them the large amount of baggage they had.
36. But the Jambrites from Medeba attacked John, took him captive, and carried off all the baggage.
37. Some time later Jonathan and his brother Simon learnt that the Jambrites were about to celebrate an important wedding and that there would be a bridal procession from the town of Nadabath. The bride was the daughter of one of the great princes of Canaan.