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13:50. And they cried to Simon for peace, and he granted it to them: and
he cast them out from thence and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.
13:51. And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the
second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with
thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and
psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was
destroyed out of Israel.
13:52. And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with
gladness.
13:53. And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the
castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.
13:54. And Simon saw that John, his son, was a valiant man for war: and
he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.
1 Machabees Chapter 14
Demetrius is taken by the king of Persia. Judea flourishes under the
government of Simon.
14:1. In the year one hundred and seventy-two king Demetrius assembled
his army, and went into Media to get him succours to fight against
Tryphon.
14:2. And Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius
was entered within his borders, and he sent one of his princes to take
him alive, and bring him to him.
14:3. And he went, and defeated the army of Demetrius: and took him, and
brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into custody.
14:4. And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he
sought the good of his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them
well all his days.
14:5. And with all his glory he took Joppe for a haven, and made an
entrance to the isles of the sea.
14:6. And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master
of the country.
14:7. And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the
dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away
all uncleanness out of it, and there was none that resisted him.
14:8. And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda
yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.
14:9. The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of
the good things of the land, and the youug men put on them glory, and
the robes of war.
14:10. And he provided victuals for the cities, and he appointed that
they should be furnished with ammunition, so that the fame of his glory
was renowned even to the end of the earth.
14:11. He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
14:12. And every man sat under his vine, and under his fig tree: and
there was none to make them afraid.
14:13. There was none left in the land to fight against them: kings were
discomfited in those days.
14:14. And he strengthened all those of his people that were brought
low, and he sought the law, and took away every unjust and wicked man.
14:15. He glorified the sanctuary, and multiplied the vessels of the
holy places.
14:16. And it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was
dead: and they were very sorry.
14:17. But when they heard that Simon, his brother, was made high priest
in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities
therein:
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