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Demetrius, upon this defeat, retired into Cilicia; but the child
Antiochus sent ambassadors and an epistle to Jonathan, and made him his
friend and confederate, and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and yielded
up to him the four prefectures which had been added to Judea. Moreover,
he sent him vessels and cups of gold, and a purple garment, and gave him
leave to use them. He also presented him with a golden button, and styled
him one of his principal friends, and appointed his brother Simon to be
the general over the forces, from the Ladder of Tyre unto Egypt. So Jonathan
was so pleased with these grants made him by Antiochus, that he sent ambassadors
to him and to Trypho, and professed himself to be their friend and confederate,
and said he would join with him in a war against Demetrius, informing him
that he had made no proper returns for the kindness he had done him; for
that when he had received many marks of kindness from him, when he stood
in great need of them, he, for such good turns, had requited him with further
injuries.
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