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Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus, and then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 7)
At the same time, Jonathan mustered the men of Judaea for an assault on the Citadel of Jerusalem, and they set up numerous siege-engines against it. (1 Maccabees 11, 20)
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)
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)
They threw down their arms and made peace. The Jews were covered in glory, in the eyes of the king and of everyone else in his kingdom. Having won renown in his kingdom, they returned to Jerusalem laden with booty. (1 Maccabees 11, 51)
The people of Gaza then pleaded with Jonathan, and he made peace with them; but he took the sons of their chief men as hostages and sent them away to Jerusalem. He then travelled through the country as far as Damascus. (1 Maccabees 11, 62)
About three thousand of the foreign troops fell that day. Jonathan then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 74)
He therefore left Jerusalem and went to engage them in the area of Hamath, not giving them the time to invade his own territory. (1 Maccabees 12, 25)
and to heighten the walls of Jerusalem and erect a high barrier between the Citadel and the city, to cut the former off from the city and isolate it, to prevent the occupants from buying or selling. (1 Maccabees 12, 36)
Simon, meanwhile, rebuilt Adida in the lowlands, fortifying it, and erecting gates with bolts. (1 Maccabees 12, 38)
and when he saw how the people were quaking with fear, he went up to Jerusalem, called the people together, (1 Maccabees 13, 2)
So he assembled all the fighting men and hurried on with completing the walls of Jerusalem, fortifying the whole perimeter. (1 Maccabees 13, 10)
