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The number of those who fell by the sword, with those burned alive, came to eight thousand men.
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Then Jonathan departed from there and encamped against Askalon, and the men of the city came out to meet him with great pomp.
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And Jonathan and those with him returned to Jerusalem with much booty.
88
When Alexander the king heard of these things, he honored Jonathan still more;
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and he sent to him a golden buckle, such as it is the custom to give to the kinsmen of kings. He also gave him Ekron and all its environs as his possession.
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