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And though certain ungodly men of the people had made complaints against him,
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Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
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And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
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Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
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So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all these things after this manner: