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So when the sun set, Jonathan commanded his men to be alert and to keep their arms at hand so as to be ready all night for battle, and he stationed outposts around the camp.
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When the enemy heard that Jonathan and his men were prepared for battle, they were afraid and were terrified at heart; so they kindled fires in their camp and withdrew.
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But Jonathan and his men did not know it until morning, for they saw the fires burning.
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Then Jonathan pursued them, but he did not overtake them, for they had crossed the Eleutherus river.
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So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs who are called Zabadeans, and he crushed them and plundered them.
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Then he broke camp and went to Damascus, and marched through all that region.
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Simon also went forth and marched through the country as far as Askalon and the neighboring strongholds. He turned aside to Joppa and took it by surprise,
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for he had heard that they were ready to hand over the stronghold to the men whom Demetrius had sent. And he stationed a garrison there to guard it.
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When Jonathan returned he convened the elders of the people and planned with them to build strongholds in Judea,
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to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the citadel and the city to separate it from the city, in order to isolate it so that its garrison could neither buy nor sell.
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So they gathered together to build up the city; part of the wall on the valley to the east had fallen, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha.