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Then Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not, for they had gone over the River Eleutherus.
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Therefore Jonathan turned to the Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, and smote them and took their spoils.
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And removing from thence, he came to Damascus, and so passed through all the country.
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Simon also went forth and passed through the country unto Askalon and the strongholds there adjoining, from whence he turned aside to Joppa and won it.
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For he had heard that they would deliver the stronghold unto those who took Demetrius' part; therefore he set a garrison there to keep it.
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After this Jonathan came home again and, calling the elders of the people together, he consulted with them about building strongholds in Judea
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and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mound between the tower and the city to separate it from the city, so that it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
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Upon this they came together to build up the city, forasmuch as part of the wall toward the brook on the east side had fallen down; and they repaired that which was called Chaphenatha.
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Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.
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Now Trypho went about to get the kingdom of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head.
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However he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; therefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed and came to Beth-shan.