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The king also seated him at his side; and he said to his officers, "Go forth with him into the middle of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him about any matter, and let no one annoy him for any reason." (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
He encamped before Joppa, but the men of the city closed its gates, for Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. (1 Maccabees 10, 75)
So they fought against it, and the men of the city became afraid and opened the gates, and Jonathan gained possession of Joppa. (1 Maccabees 10, 76)
Then Jonathan departed from there and encamped against Askalon, and the men of the city came out to meet him with great pomp. (1 Maccabees 10, 86)
But when Ptolemy entered the cities he stationed forces as a garrison in each city. (1 Maccabees 11, 3)
Then the men of the city assembled within the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand, and they wanted to kill the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 45)
But the king fled into the palace. Then the men of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight. (1 Maccabees 11, 46)
So the king called the Jews to his aid, and they all rallied about him and then spread out through the city; and they killed on that day as many as a hundred thousand men. (1 Maccabees 11, 47)
They set fire to the city and seized much spoil on that day, and they saved the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
When the men of the city saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed and they cried out to the king with this entreaty, (1 Maccabees 11, 49)
"Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city." (1 Maccabees 11, 50)
Then Jonathan set forth and traveled beyond the river and among the cities, and all the army of Syria gathered to him as allies. When he came to Askalon, the people of the city met him and paid him honor. (1 Maccabees 11, 60)
