1 Maccabees 10:7

7 Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of those in the citadel.

1 Maccabees 10:7 In-Context

5 for he will remember all the wrongs that we did to him and to his brothers and his nation."

6 So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.

7 Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of those in the citadel.

8 They were greatly alarmed when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops.

9 But those in the citadel released the hostages to Jonathan, and he returned them to their parents.