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But Jonathan and they that were with him knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.
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And Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they had passed the river Eleutherus.
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And Jonathan turned upon the Arabians that are called Zabadeans: and he defeated them, and took the spoils of them.
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And he went forward, and came to Damascus, and passed through all that country.
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Simon also went forth, and came as far as Ascalon, and the neighbouring fortresses, and he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it,
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(For he heard that they designed to deliver the hold to them that took part with Demetrius,) and he put a garrison there to keep it.
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And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people, and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea,
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And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell.
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And they came together to build up the city: for the wall that was upon the brook towards the east was broken down, and he repaired that which is called Caphetetha:
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And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars.
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Now when Tryphon had conceived a design to make himself king of Asia, and to take the crown, and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus: