66
And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem in peace and gladness.
67
In the one hundred and sixty-fifth year Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete to the land of his fathers.
68
When Alexander the king heard of it, he was greatly grieved and returned to Antioch.
69
And Demetrius appointed Apollonius the governor of Coelesyria, and he assembled a large force and encamped against Jamnia. Then he sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest:
70
"You are the only one to rise up against us, and I have become a laughingstock and reproach because of you. Why do you assume authority against us in the hill country?
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