32. And he came out from thence, and came to Damascus, and took his journey through all the country.
33. And Simon went forth, and took his journey as far as Ascalon, and the strongholds that were near to it. And he turned aside to Joppa, and took possession of it;
34. for he had heard that they were minded to deliver the stronghold to the men of Demetrius; and he set a garrison there to keep it.
35. And Jonathan returned, and called the elders of the people together; and he took counsel with them to build strongholds in Judaea,
36. and to make the walls of Jerusalem higher, and to raise a great mound between the citadel and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be all alone, that men might neither buy nor sell.
37. And they were gathered together to build the city, and there fell down part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side, and he repaired that which is called Chaphenatha.
38. And Simon also built Adida in the plain country, and made it strong, and set up gates and bars.
39. And Tryphon sought to reign over Asia and to put on himself the diadem, and to stretch forth his hand against Antiochus the king.