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50 “Grant us terms of peace, and order the Jews to stop fighting against us and our city.” They threw down their arms and made peace. 51 The Jews thus gained glory in the eyes of the king and of all his subjects in the kingdom, and they returned to Jerusalem with a great amount of spoil.

52 However, when King Demetrius felt secure on his royal throne and the land was peaceful under his rule,

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