9 Those in the citadel released the hostages to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents. (WEB) 10 Jonathan lived in Jerusalem and began to build and renew the city. (WEB) 11 He commanded those who did the work to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with square stones for defense; and they did so. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:9–11
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1 Maccabees 14:36–38
36 In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted ever… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:34–36
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1 Maccabees 13:9–11
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1 Maccabees 1:32–34
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1 Maccabees 11:19–21
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Sirach 50:3–5
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1 Maccabees 10:75–77
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1 Maccabees 10:65–67
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