62. He gave orders that Jonathan should be given royal robes to wear,
63. and he honoured him by letting him sit at his side. Alexander told his officers to take Jonathan into the centre of the city and to announce that no one was to bring charges against him for any reason and no one was to cause him any kind of trouble.
64. When his accusers saw the honours given to him, heard the announcement, and saw him clothed in royal robes, they all fled.
65. The king further honoured Jonathan by enrolling him in the First Order of the “Friends of the King” and by making him a general and governor of his province.
66. Jonathan returned to Jerusalem pleased and successful.
67. In the year 165 Demetrius the Second, the son of Demetrius the First, left Crete and arrived in Syria, the land of his ancestors.
68. When King Alexander heard about this, he was worried and returned to Antioch, the capital of Syria.
69. Demetrius reappointed Apollonius governor of Greater Syria. Apollonius raised a large army, set up camp near Jamnia, and sent the following message to Jonathan the High Priest:
70. “Because of you I am being ridiculed, but why do you, there in your mountains, continue this rebellion when no one supports you?