11
He ordered the builders to use squared stones for the city walls and for the protecting wall around Mount Zion. This was done.
12
The foreigners deserted the fortresses that Bacchides had built;
13
each man left his post and returned to his own country.
14
But some of the Jews who had abandoned the Law of Moses and its commands were still left in Bethzur, which served as their last place of refuge.
15
King Alexander learned of the promises Demetrius had made to Jonathan and he also learned about Jonathan himself, about the battles he had fought, his courageous deeds, and the troubles he and his brothers had endured.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.