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By reason thereof all my brethren are slain for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.
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Now therefore be it far from me that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble, for I am no better than my brethren.
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Doubtless I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary and our wives and our children, for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us out of veritable malice.
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Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
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And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader in the stead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
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Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever thou commandest us, that will we do.
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So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
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Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great power, to Joppa, who, casting out those who were therein, remained there in it.
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So Trypho removed from Ptolemais with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him under guard.
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But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, opposite the plain.
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Now when Trypho learned that Simon had risen up in the stead of his brother Jonathan and meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers unto him, saying,