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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.
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And Simon built Adida in the Shephelah; he fortified it and installed gates with bolts.
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Then Trypho attempted to become king in Asia and put on the crown, and to raise his hand against Antiochus the king.
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He feared that Jonathan might not permit him to do so, but might make war on him, so he kept seeking to seize and kill him, and he marched forth and came to Beth-shan.
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Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand picked fighting men, and he came to Beth-shan.
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When Trypho saw that he had come with a large army, he was afraid to raise his hand against him.
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So he received him with honor and commended him to all his friends, and he gave him gifts and commanded his friends and his troops to obey him as they would himself.