33:1
Alexander Yannai’s conflict with the Perushim erupts into civil violence.
33:2
Festival hostility, public insult, executions, and retaliatory warfare divide the people.
33:3
Foreign aid is invited by factions against fellow Yehudim, worsening the destruction.
33:4
Near death Alexander counsels his wife to reconcile with the Perushim, acknowledging that stable rule cannot survive permanent internal war.