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John (II)

II. JOHN, surnamed Gaddis, the son of Mattathias above mentioned, and brother of Judas, Jonathan and Simon, Maccabees: John Maccabee was treacherously killed by the sons of Jambri, as he was conducting the baggage belonging to his brethren the Maccabees, to the 1 Macc. ix. 36.Nabathites their Allies.

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