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So he sent a message to them in the following words: "King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 10, 25)
"Let Jews be enrolled in the king's forces to the number of thirty thousand men, and let the maintenance be given them that is due to all the forces of the king. (1 Maccabees 10, 36)
Let some of them be stationed in the great strongholds of the king, and let some of them be put in positions of trust in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders be of their own number, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 10, 37)
I also grant fifteen thousand shekels of silver yearly out of the king's revenues from appropriate places. (1 Maccabees 10, 40)
And whoever takes refuge at the temple in Jerusalem, or in any of its precincts, because he owes money to the king or has any debt, let him be released and receive back all his property in my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 10, 43)
"Let the cost of rebuilding and restoring the structures of the sanctuary be paid from the revenues of the king. (1 Maccabees 10, 44)
And let the cost of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and fortifying it round about, and the cost of rebuilding the walls in Judea, also be paid from the revenues of the king." (1 Maccabees 10, 45)
When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they did not believe or accept them, because they remembered the great wrongs which Demetrius had done in Israel and how he had greatly oppressed them. (1 Maccabees 10, 46)
Now Alexander the king assembled large forces and encamped opposite Demetrius. (1 Maccabees 10, 48)
The two kings met in battle, and the army of Demetrius fled, and Alexander pursued him and defeated them. (1 Maccabees 10, 49)
He pressed the battle strongly until the sun set, and Demetrius fell on that day. (1 Maccabees 10, 50)
Then Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with the following message: (1 Maccabees 10, 51)
