1 Maccabees 11:6
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6 Jonathan met the king at Joppa with pomp, and they greeted one another and spent the night there.(A)
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1 Maccabees 13:11
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11 He sent Jonathan son of Absalom to Joppa and with him a considerable army; he drove out its occupants and remained there.(A)
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1 Maccabees 14:5
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5 To crown all his honors he took Joppa for a harbor
and opened a way to the isles of the sea.(A)
1 Maccabees 14:34
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34 He also fortified Joppa, which is by the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus, where the enemy formerly lived. He settled Jews there and provided in those towns[a] whatever was necessary for their restoration.(A)
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1 Maccabees 15:28
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28 He sent to him Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with him, saying, “You hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem; they are cities of my kingdom.(A)
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2 Maccabees 12:7
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7 Then, because the city’s gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again and root out the whole community of Joppa.(A)
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