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And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.
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And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to repair the city.
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And he ordered workmen to build the walls, and mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification: and so they did.
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And the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away.
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And every man left his place, and departed into his own country:
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Only in Bethsura there remained some of them, that had forsaken the law, and the commandments of God: for this was a place of refuge for them.
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And king Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made Jonathan: and they told him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he, and his brethren had done, and the labours that they had endured.
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And he said: Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.
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So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him according to these words, saying:
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King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greeting.
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We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend: