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Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brethren and his people.
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Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.
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Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of them that were in the tower:
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Who were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an host.
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Whereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.