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However he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; therefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed and came to Beth-shan.
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Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Beth-shan.
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Now when Trypho saw that Jonathan came with so great a force, he dared not stretch his hand against him,
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but received him honorably, and commended him unto all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obedient unto him as to himself.
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Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast thou brought all this people to such great trouble, seeing there is no war between us?
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.