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And Demetrius sent Jonathan a letter in peaceable words to honor him;
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for he said, "Let us act first to make peace with him before he makes peace with Alexander against us,
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for he will remember all the wrongs which we did to him and to his brothers and his nation."
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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.
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Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of the men in the citadel.
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