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Therefore Demetrius gave Jonathan authority to gather together a host and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle. He commanded also that the hostages who were in the tower should be delivered to him.
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Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people and of those who were in the tower,
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who were sore afraid when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together a host.
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Thereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.
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This done, Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem, and began to build and repair the city.
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And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and Mount Zion round about with square stones for fortification; and they did so.
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Then the strangers who were in the fortresses which Bacchides had built fled away,
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insomuch that every man left his place and went into his own country.
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Only at Beth-zur certain of those who had forsaken the law and the commandments remained still; for it was their place of refuge.
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Now when King Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius had sent unto Jonathan, when also it was told him of the battles and noble acts which Jonathan and his brethren had done and of the pains that they had endured,
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he said, "Shall we find such another man? Now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate."