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And though certain ungodly men of the people had made complaints against him,
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yet the king treated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
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and confirmed him in the high priesthood and in all the honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
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Then Jonathan desired of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
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So the king consented and wrote letters unto Jonathan concerning all these things in this manner:
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