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and insistently urged him to hand Antiochus over to him, to become king in place of his father. He also reported to Imalkue what Demetrius had done and told of the hatred which the troops of Demetrius had for him; and he stayed there many days.
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Now Jonathan sent to Demetrius the king the request that he remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops in the strongholds; for they kept fighting against Israel.
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And Demetrius sent this message to Jonathan, "Not only will I do these things for you and your nation, but I will confer great honor on you and your nation, if I find an opportunity.
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Now then you will do well to send me men who will help me, for all my troops have revolted."
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So Jonathan sent three thousand stalwart men to him at Antioch, and when they came to the king, the king rejoiced at their arrival.
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Then the men of the city assembled within the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand, and they wanted to kill the king.
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But the king fled into the palace. Then the men of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight.
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So the king called the Jews to his aid, and they all rallied about him and then spread out through the city; and they killed on that day as many as a hundred thousand men.
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They set fire to the city and seized much spoil on that day, and they saved the king.
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When the men of the city saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed and they cried out to the king with this entreaty,
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"Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city."