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King Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made to Jonathan; he was also told of the battles and valiant deeds of Jonathan and his brothers and the troubles that they had endured. (1 Maccabees 10, 15)
So he sent Jonathan a letter written in these terms: (1 Maccabees 10, 17)
"King Alexander sends greetings to his brother Jonathan. (1 Maccabees 10, 18)
Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year one hundred and sixty at the feast of Booths, and he gathered an army and procured many arms. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
"Why have we allowed Alexander to get ahead of us by gaining the friendship of the Jews and thus strengthening himself? (1 Maccabees 10, 23)
We have heard how you have kept the treaty with us and continued in our friendship and not gone over to our enemies, and we are glad. (1 Maccabees 10, 26)
When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they neither believed nor accepted them, for they remembered the great evil that Demetrius had done in Israel, and how sorely he had afflicted them. (1 Maccabees 10, 46)
let us now establish friendship with each other. Give me your daughter for my wife; and as your son-in-law, I will give to you and to her gifts worthy of you." (1 Maccabees 10, 54)
King Alexander also wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him. (1 Maccabees 10, 59)
He ordered Jonathan to be divested of his ordinary garments and to be clothed in royal purple; and so it was done. (1 Maccabees 10, 62)
So Jonathan returned in peace and happiness to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 10, 66)
Demetrius appointed Apollonius governor of Coelesyria. Having gathered a large army, Appollonius pitched his camp at Jamnia. From there he sent this message to Jonathan the high priest: (1 Maccabees 10, 69)
