7. and he gathered together a great number of captives, and got the dominion of Gazara, and Bethsura, and the citadel, and he took away from it its uncleannesses; and there was none that resisted him.
8. And they tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains their fruit.
9. The ancient men sat in the streets, they communed all of them together of good things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.
10. He provided food for the cities, and furnished them with all manner of munition, until the name of his glory was named to the end of the earth.
11. He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy:
12. and they sat each man under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to make them afraid:
13. and there ceased in the land any that fought against them: and the kings were discomfited in those days.
14. And he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out, and every lawless and wicked person he took away.
15. He glorified the sanctuary, and the vessels of the temple he multiplied.
16. And it was heard at Rome that Jonathan was dead, and even to Sparta, and they were exceeding sorry.
17. But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein,