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But Simon built up the strongholds of Judea and walled them all around, with high towers and great walls and gates and bolts, and he stored food in the strongholds.
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Trypho dealt treacherously with the young king Antiochus; he killed him
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and became king in his place, putting on the crown of Asia; and he brought great calamity upon the land.
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But Simon built up the strongholds of Judea and walled them all around, with high towers and great walls and gates and bolts, and he stored food in the strongholds.
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Simon also chose men and sent them to Demetrius the king with a request to grant relief to the country, for all that Trypho did was to plunder.
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Demetrius the king sent him a favorable reply to this request, and wrote him a letter as follows,
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