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The people therefore, seeing the acts of Simon and unto what glory he thought to bring his nation, made him their governor and chief priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept toward his nation, and because he sought by all means to exalt his people.
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For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country and those also who were in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower out of which they issued and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the holy place.
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But he placed Jews therein and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
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King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to those things,
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and made him one of his friends, and honored him with great honor.
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