63. And the king made him sit with him, and said to his princes, Go forth with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and let no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
64. And it came to pass, when they that complained against him saw his glory according as the herald made proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled away.
65. And the king gave him honor, and wrote him among his Chief Friends, and made him a captain, and governor of a province.
66. And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
67. And in the hundred and threescore and fifth year came Demetrius, son of Demetrius, out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
68. and king Alexander heard thereof, and he grieved exceedingly, and returned to Antioch.
69. And Demetrius appointed Apollonius, who was over Coelesyria, and he gathered together a great host, and encamped in Jamnia, and sent to Jonathan the high priest, saying,
70. You alone lift up yourself against us, but I am had in derision and in reproach because of you. And why do you vaunt your power against us in the mountains?
71. Now therefore, if you trust in your forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let us try the matter together; for with me is the power of the cities.