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Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius' princes had come to fight against him with a greater host than before,
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he removed from Jerusalem and met them in the land of Hamath; for he gave them no respite to enter his country.
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He sent spies also unto their tents, who came back and told him that they were appointed to come upon them in the night season.
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Therefore as soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded his men to watch and to be armed, that all the night long they might be ready to fight; also he sent forth sentinels round about the host.
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But when the adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, they feared and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp.
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