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The king was angered by the news. No sooner had he been informed than he set out and came to Ptolemais. He wrote to Jonathan, telling him to raise the siege and to meet him for a conference in Ptolemais as soon as possible. (1 Maccabees 11, 22)
of himself taking silver and gold, clothing and numerous other presents, and going to Ptolemais to face the king, whose favour he succeeded in winning; (1 Maccabees 11, 24)
the king treated him as his predecessors had treated him, and promoted him in the presence of all his friends. (1 Maccabees 11, 26)
Jonathan asked the king to exempt Judaea and the three Samaritan districts from taxation, promising him three hundred talents in return. (1 Maccabees 11, 28)
The king consented, and wrote Jonathan a rescript covering the whole matter, in these terms: (1 Maccabees 11, 29)
'King Demetrius to Jonathan his brother, and to the Jewish nation, greetings. (1 Maccabees 11, 30)
"King Demetrius to his father Lasthenes, greetings. (1 Maccabees 11, 32)
We confirm them in their possession of the territory of Judaea and the three districts of Aphairema, Lydda and Ramathaim; these were annexed to Judaea from Samaritan territory, with all their dependencies, in favour of all who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the royal dues which the king formerly received from them every year, from the yield of the soil and the fruit crops. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
When King Demetrius saw that the country was at peace under his rule and that no resistance was offered him, he dismissed his forces, and sent all the men home, except for the foreign troops that he had recruited in the foreign island, thus incurring the enmity of the veterans who had served his ancestors. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
and repeatedly urged him to let him have the boy, so that he might succeed his father as king; he told him of Demetrius' decision and of the resentment it had aroused among his troops. He spent a long time there. (1 Maccabees 11, 40)
Jonathan, meanwhile, sent to ask King Demetrius to withdraw the garrisons from the Citadel in Jerusalem and from the other fortresses, since they were constantly fighting Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 41)
Jonathan sent three thousand experienced soldiers to him in Antioch; when they reached the king, he was delighted at their arrival. (1 Maccabees 11, 44)
