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In an attempt to turn the king against Jonathan, they explained to him what Jonathan had done, but the king said nothing. Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they exchanged greetings and spent the night there. Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus,[a] and then he returned to Jerusalem.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 11:7 Eleutherus: the northern limit of Coelesyria, which today is the northern border of Lebanon.