1 Maccabees 10:13-15

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¹³ all of them left their places and went back to their own lands. ¹⁴ Only in Beth-zur did some remain who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it served as a place of refuge.^(A)

¹⁵ Now King Alexander heard of all the promises that Demetrius had sent to Jonathan, and he heard of the battles that Jonathan^[a] and his brothers had fought, of the brave deeds that they had done, and of the troubles that they had endured.