6
So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.
4
for he said to himself, "Let us act first to make peace with him before he makes peace with Alexander against us,
5
for he will remember all the wrongs that we did to him and to his brothers and his nation."
6
So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.
7
Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of those in the citadel.
8
They were greatly alarmed when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops.
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