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The king further honored Jonathan by enrolling him in the First Order of the "Friends of the King" and by making him general and governor of his province.
66
Jonathan returned to Jerusalem pleased and successful.
67
In the year 165 Demetrius the Second, the son of Demetrius the First, left Crete and arrived in Syria, the land of his ancestors.
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When King Alexander heard about this, he was worried and returned to Antioch, the capital of Syria.
69
Demetrius reappointed Apollonius governor of Greater Syria. Apollonius raised a large army, set up camp near Jamnia, and sent the following message to Jonathan the High Priest: