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Old men sat in the streets; they all talked together of good things; and the youths donned the glories and garments of war.
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He supplied the cities with food, and furnished them with the means of defense, till his renown spread to the ends of the earth.
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He established peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
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Each man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to make them afraid.
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No one was left in the land to fight them, and the kings were crushed in those days.
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He strengthened all the humble of his people; he sought out the law, and did away with every lawless and wicked man.
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He made the sanctuary glorious, and added to the vessels of the sanctuary.
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It was heard in Rome, and as far away as Sparta, that Jonathan had died, and they were deeply grieved.
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When they heard that Simon his brother had become high priest in his place, and that he was ruling over the country and the cities in it,
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they wrote to him on bronze tablets to renew with him the friendship and alliance which they had established with Judas and Jonathan his brothers.
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And these were read before the assembly in Jerusalem.