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Then Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three districts of Samaria from tribute, and promised him three hundred talents. (1 Maccabees 11, 28)
We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin; the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes which the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
Now when Demetrius the king saw that the land was quiet before him and that there was no opposition to him, he dismissed all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops which he had recruited from the islands of the nations. So all the troops who had served his fathers hated him. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
So Demetrius the king sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him. (1 Maccabees 11, 52)
But he broke his word about all that he had promised; and he became estranged from Jonathan and did not repay the favors which Jonathan had done him, but oppressed him greatly. (1 Maccabees 11, 53)
And the Romans gave them letters to the people in every place, asking them to provide for the envoys safe conduct to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 12, 4)
Jonathan trusted him and did as he said; he sent away the troops, and they returned to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 12, 46)
So they all reached the land of Judah safely, and they mourned for Jonathan and his companions and were in great fear; and all Israel mourned deeply. (1 Maccabees 12, 52)
Simon heard that Trypho had assembled a large army to invade the land of Judah and destroy it, (1 Maccabees 13, 1)
Then Trypho departed from Ptolemais with a large army to invade the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard. (1 Maccabees 13, 12)
So Trypho got all his cavalry ready to go, but that night a very heavy snow fell, and he did not go because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead. (1 Maccabees 13, 22)
Then Trypho turned back and departed to his own land. (1 Maccabees 13, 24)
