57
Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, "I confirm you in the high priesthood and set you over the four districts and make you one of the king's Friends."
58
He also sent him gold plate and a table service, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups and dress in purple and wear a gold buckle.
59
He appointed Jonathan's brother Simon governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
60
Then Jonathan set out and traveled beyond the river and among the towns, and all the army of Syria gathered to him as allies. When he came to Askalon, the people of the city met him and paid him honor.
61
From there he went to Gaza, but the people of Gaza shut him out. So he besieged it and burned its suburbs with fire and plundered them.
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