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They also discussed how to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the elevated fortress and the city to separate them. This was to isolate the elevated fortress so that its troops couldn't buy or sell things.
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So they gathered together to rebuild the city. Part of the wall toward the valley to the east had fallen, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha.
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Simon also built Adida in the western foothills. He secured it and installed gates with bolts.
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At that time, Trypho attempted to rise up against King Antiochus, put on the crown, and become king in Asia.
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He feared that Jonathan might not permit him to do this, making war on him. So he kept trying to capture and kill him. He marched out and came to Beth-shan.