57
Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, "I confirm you in the high priesthood, set you over the four districts, and make you one of the king's chief political advisors."
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He also sent him gold plates and table utensils, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups, dress in purple, and wear a gold buckle.
59
He appointed Jonathan's brother Simon governor from the peaks of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
60
Jonathan traveled through Beyond the River and among the towns. All the Syrian army gathered to him as allies. When he came to Ashkelon, the people of the city met him and honored him.
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From there, he went to Gaza, but the people shut him out. So he attacked Gaza and burned and plundered the areas surrounding the city.