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• Jonathan went in state to meet the king at Joppa, where they greeted each other and spent the night. (1 Maccabees 11, 6)

• Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus, and then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 7)

• but when he heard the news, he advanced on his rival to give battle, while Ptolemy for his part also took the field, met him with a strong force and routed him. (1 Maccabees 11, 15)

• 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)

• But some renegades who hated their nation made their way to the king and told him that Jonathan was besieging the Citadel. (1 Maccabees 11, 21)

• 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)

• When Jonathan heard this, he gave orders for the siege to continue; he then selected a deputation from the elders of Israel and the priests, and took the deliberate risk (1 Maccabees 11, 23)

• 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)

• You will make yourself responsible for having a copy of this made, to be given to Jonathan and displayed on the holy mountain in a conspicuous place." ' (1 Maccabees 11, 37)

• 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)