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to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the citadel and the city to separate it from the city, in order to isolate it so that its garrison could neither buy nor sell.
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So they gathered together to build up the city; part of the wall on the valley to the east had fallen, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha.
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And Simon built Adida in the Shephelah; he fortified it and installed gates with bolts.
39
Then Trypho attempted to become king in Asia and put on the crown, and to raise his hand against Antiochus the king.
40
He feared that Jonathan might not permit him to do so, but might make war on him, so he kept seeking to seize and kill him, and he marched forth and came to Beth-shan.
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