to hold a council, and desired them to consider what was to be
done by them. However, the governors of Tiberias were greatly
disposed to keep the government to themselves; for they said it
was not fit to desert their city, now it was committed to their
trust, and that otherwise I should not delay to fall upon them;
for they pretended falsely that so I had threatened to do. Now
John was not only of their opinion, but advised them, that two of
them should go to accuse me before the multitude [at Jerusalem],
that I do not manage the affairs of Galilee as I ought to do; and
that they would easily persuade the people, because of their
dignity, and because the whole multitude are very mutable. When,
therefore, it appeared that John had suggested the wisest advice
to them, they resolved that two of them, Jonathan and Ananias,
should go to the people of Jerusalem, and the other two [Simon
and Joazar] should be left behind to tarry at Tiberins. They also
took along with them a hundred soldiers for their guard.

62. However, the governors of Tiberias took care to have their
city secured with walls, and commanded their inhabitants to take
their arms. They also sent for a great many soldiers from John,
to assist them against me, if there should be occasion for them.
Now John was at Gischala. Jonathan, therefore, and those that
were with him, when they were departed from Tiberias, and as soon
as they were come to Dabaritta, a village that lay in the utmost
parts of Galilee, in the great plain, they, about midnight, fell
among the guards I had set, who both commanded them to lay aside
their weapons, and kept them in bonds upon the place, as I had
charged them to do. This news was written to me by Levi, who had
the command of that guard committed to him by me. Hereupon I said
nothing of it for two days; and, pretending to know nothing about