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Fight thou our battles, and we will do whatsoever thou shalt say to us.
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So gathering together all the men of war, he made haste to finish all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
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And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a new army into Joppe, and he cast out them that were in it, and himself remained there.
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And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to invade the land of Juda, and Jonathan was with him in custody.
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But Simon pitched in Addus, over against the plain.
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And when Tryphon understood that Simon was risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers to him,
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Saying: We have detained thy brother Jonathan for the money that he owed in the king's account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of.
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But now send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will release him.
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Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully to him, nevertheless he ordered the money, and the children to be sent: lest he should bring upon himself a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might have said:
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Because he sent not the money, and the children, therefore is he lost.
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So he sent the children, and the hundred talents: and he lied, and did not let Jonathan go.