49. When the people saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed. They made a request of the king:
50. "Give us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us."
51. They threw down their weapons and made peace. So the Jews received honor from the king and all the people in his kingdom. They returned to Jerusalem with a large amount of treasure.
52. So King Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was peaceful before him.
53. But he broke his word about all that he had said. He became estranged from Jonathan and didn’t repay the favors that Jonathan had done him. Instead, he treated him harshly.
54. After this, Trypho returned, accompanied by the young boy Antiochus, who put on the crown and began to rule.
55. The troops that Demetrius had dismissed gathered to fight against Demetrius and routed him, so he fled.
56. Trypho captured the elephants and gained control of Antioch.
57. Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, "I confirm you in the high priesthood, set you over the four districts, and make you one of the king’s chief political advisors."
58. He also sent him gold plates and table utensils, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups, dress in purple, and wear a gold buckle.
59. He appointed Jonathan’s brother Simon governor from the peaks of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
60. Jonathan traveled through Beyond the River and among the towns. All the Syrian army gathered to him as allies. When he came to Ashkelon, the people of the city met him and honored him.
61. From there, he went to Gaza, but the people shut him out. So he attacked Gaza and burned and plundered the areas surrounding the city.
62. Then the people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan, and he made peace with them. He took the sons of their rulers as hostages and sent them to Jerusalem. And he passed through the country as far as Damascus.
63. Then Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ officers had come to Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office.
64. He went to meet them but left his brother Simon in the country.
65. Simon camped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days, hemming it in.
66. Then they asked Simon to grant them terms of peace, and he did so. He removed them from there and took possession of the town. He appointed troops to guard it.
67. Jonathan and his army camped by the waters of Gennesaret. Early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor,