King Alexander honors Jonathan. sent him gold buckle given to King’s Kinsmen

13All our kindred who were in the DISTRICT of the Tobiads^* have been killed; the Gentiles have captured their wives, their children and their goods, and they have slain there about a thousand men.”



12A group of scribes, however, gathered about Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for a just agreement. 13^b The Hasideans were the first among the Israelites to seek peace with them,

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88When King Alexander heard of these events, he accorded new honors to Jonathan. 89He sent him a gold buckle, such as is usually given to King’s Kinsmen;^* he also gave him Ekron and all its territory as a possession.