1<\/span><\/a> \u00c1ri\u00f0 eitt hundra\u00f0 og sext\u00edu[<\/span> kom Alexander, sonur Ant\u00edokkusar Ep\u00edfanesar, og vann Pt\u00f3lemais. T\u00f3ku \u00edb\u00faarnir honum vel og var\u00f0 hann konungur \u00fear. 2<\/span><\/a> Demetr\u00edus konungur fr\u00e9tti \u00feetta, safna\u00f0i gr\u00ed\u00f0armiklum her og h\u00e9lt til bardaga gegn honum. 15<\/span><\/a> Alexander konungur fr\u00e9tti um fyrirheitin sem Demetr\u00edus haf\u00f0i gefi\u00f0 J\u00f3natan. Og er honum var sagt fr\u00e1 orrustum og hetjud\u00e1\u00f0um sem J\u00f3natan og br\u00e6\u00f0ur hans h\u00f6f\u00f0u dr\u00fdgt og fr\u00e1 \u00f6llu \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00feeir h\u00f6f\u00f0u m\u00e1tt \u00feola 16<\/span><\/a> sag\u00f0i hann: \u201eMunum vi\u00f0 nokkurn t\u00edma finna jafningja \u00feessa manns? Vi\u00f0 skulum gera hann a\u00f0 vini okkar og bandamanni.\u201c 17<\/span><\/a> Skrifa\u00f0i hann og sendi J\u00f3natan svohlj\u00f3\u00f0andi br\u00e9f: 22<\/span><\/a> Demetr\u00edus fr\u00e9tti af \u00feessum atbur\u00f0um, var\u00f0 dapur og sag\u00f0i: 23<\/span><\/a> \u201eHv\u00ed l\u00e9tum vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 henda a\u00f0 Alexander yr\u00f0i fyrri okkur til a\u00f0 \u00e1vinna s\u00e9r vin\u00e1ttu Gy\u00f0inga og stu\u00f0ning? 24<\/span><\/a> \u00c9g \u00e6tla einnig a\u00f0 skrifa \u00feeim og heita \u00feeim vegtyllum og gj\u00f6fum svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir veiti m\u00e9r fulltingi.\u201c 25<\/span><\/a> Hann sendi \u00feeim svohlj\u00f3\u00f0andi br\u00e9f: 46<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar J\u00f3natan og l\u00fd\u00f0urinn heyr\u00f0i \u00feessi bo\u00f0 Demetr\u00edusar treystu \u00feeir \u00feeim hvorki n\u00e9 \u00fe\u00e1\u00f0u \u00feau. M\u00f6nnum voru heldur ekki \u00far minni li\u00f0in hin miklu illvirki sem konungur haf\u00f0i dr\u00fdgt \u00ed \u00cdsrael n\u00e9 hve mj\u00f6g hann haf\u00f0i \u00fejaka\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1. 47<\/span><\/a> \u00deeir h\u00e9ldu sig frekar a\u00f0 Alexander, sem haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 fyrri til a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00feeim fri\u00f0, og \u00feeir ur\u00f0u bandamenn hans til framb\u00fa\u00f0ar. 51<\/span><\/a> Alexander sendi fulltr\u00faa til Pt\u00f3lemeusar, konungs Egypta, me\u00f0 svohlj\u00f3\u00f0andi bo\u00f0: 52<\/span><\/a> \u201e\u00c9g er kominn aftur til r\u00edkis m\u00edns og sestur \u00ed h\u00e1s\u00e6ti fe\u00f0ra minna. \u00c9g hef teki\u00f0 v\u00f6ldin \u00ed m\u00ednar hendur, sigra\u00f0 Demetr\u00edus og lagt land vort undir mig. 53<\/span><\/a> \u00c9g h\u00e1\u00f0i orrustu vi\u00f0 hann og bei\u00f0 hann og her hans \u00f3sigur fyrir oss svo a\u00f0 v\u00e9r settumst \u00ed h\u00e1s\u00e6ti r\u00edkis hans. 54<\/span><\/a> L\u00e1tum oss n\u00fa gera me\u00f0 oss vin\u00e1ttusamning. Gef m\u00e9r d\u00f3ttur \u00fe\u00edna a\u00f0 eiginkonu. \u00de\u00e1 m\u00e6gist \u00e9g \u00fe\u00e9r og mun gefa \u00fe\u00e9r og henni gjafir sem s\u00e6ma tign \u00feinni.\u201c 67<\/span><\/a> \u00c1ri\u00f0 eitt hundra\u00f0 sext\u00edu og fimm[<\/span> kom Demetr\u00edus Demetr\u00edusson fr\u00e1 Kr\u00edt til lands fe\u00f0ra sinna. 68<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar Alexander konungur fr\u00e9tti \u00fea\u00f0 var\u00f0 honum mj\u00f6g \u00feungt \u00ed sinni og sneri aftur til Ant\u00edokk\u00edu. 69<\/span><\/a> Demetr\u00edus f\u00f3l Appoll\u00f3n\u00edusi, landstj\u00f3ra \u00e1 Nor\u00f0ur-S\u00fdrlandi, herstj\u00f3rnina. Hann dr\u00f3 a\u00f0 s\u00e9r mikinn her og setti herb\u00fa\u00f0ir s\u00ednar hj\u00e1 Jabne. \u00dea\u00f0an sendi hann J\u00f3natan \u00e6\u00f0sta presti svohlj\u00f3\u00f0andi br\u00e9f: J\u00f3natan styrkir st\u00f6\u00f0u s\u00edna 1 \u00c1ri\u00f0 eitt hundra\u00f0 og sext\u00edu[ kom Alexander, sonur Ant\u00edokkusar Ep\u00edfanesar, og vann Pt\u00f3lemais. T\u00f3ku \u00edb\u00faarnir honum vel og var\u00f0 hann konungur \u00fear. 2 Demetr\u00edus konungur fr\u00e9tti \u00feetta, safna\u00f0i gr\u00ed\u00f0armiklum her og h\u00e9lt til bardaga gegn honum. 3 Demetr\u00edus sendi J\u00f3natan vinsamlegt br\u00e9f og skjalla\u00f0i hann st\u00f3rum. 4 Enda hugsa\u00f0i hann me\u00f0 s\u00e9r: \u201eVi\u00f0 ver\u00f0um a\u00f0 hra\u00f0a okkur til a\u00f0 semja fri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 J\u00f3natan og menn hans \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann gerir samning vi\u00f0 Alexander gegn okkur. 5 Hann mun l\u00edka minnast alls hins illa sem vi\u00f0 leiddum yfir hann, br\u00e6\u00f0ur hans og \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0.\u201c 6 Ger\u00f0i hann […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"bibliukaflar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
3<\/span><\/a> Demetr\u00edus sendi J\u00f3natan vinsamlegt br\u00e9f og skjalla\u00f0i hann st\u00f3rum. 4<\/span><\/a> Enda hugsa\u00f0i hann me\u00f0 s\u00e9r: \u201eVi\u00f0 ver\u00f0um a\u00f0 hra\u00f0a okkur til a\u00f0 semja fri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 J\u00f3natan og menn hans \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann gerir samning vi\u00f0 Alexander gegn okkur. 5<\/span><\/a> Hann mun l\u00edka minnast alls hins illa sem vi\u00f0 leiddum yfir hann, br\u00e6\u00f0ur hans og \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0.\u201c 6<\/span><\/a> Ger\u00f0i hann J\u00f3natan a\u00f0 bandamanni s\u00ednum, veitti honum heimild til a\u00f0 safna li\u00f0i og koma s\u00e9r upp vopnab\u00fari og kva\u00f0st mundu afhenda honum g\u00edslana sem voru \u00ed virkinu.
7<\/span><\/a> J\u00f3natan h\u00e9lt til Jer\u00fasalem og las br\u00e9fi\u00f0 \u00ed \u00e1heyrn alls l\u00fd\u00f0sins og setuli\u00f0sins \u00ed virkinu. 8<\/span><\/a> Li\u00f0smenn \u00feess ur\u00f0u skelfingu lostnir \u00feegar \u00feeir heyr\u00f0u a\u00f0 konungur hef\u00f0i gefi\u00f0 honum heimild til a\u00f0 safna li\u00f0i. 9<\/span><\/a> Afhenti setuli\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed virkinu J\u00f3natan g\u00edslana en hann skila\u00f0i \u00feeim til foreldra sinna.
10<\/span><\/a> J\u00f3natan settist a\u00f0 \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem og t\u00f3k a\u00f0 endurb\u00e6ta borgina og byggja hana upp. 11<\/span><\/a> Hann skipa\u00f0i \u00feeim sem unnu a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 reisa borgarm\u00farana og varnarm\u00farana umhverfis S\u00edonfjall a\u00f0 hla\u00f0a \u00fe\u00e1 \u00far tilh\u00f6ggnu grj\u00f3ti svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir yr\u00f0u sterkari. Var \u00fea\u00f0 gert.
12<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 fl\u00fd\u00f0u \u00fatlendingarnir sem voru \u00ed virkjunum sem Bakk\u00eddes haf\u00f0i reist. 13<\/span><\/a> Yfirgaf hver og einn var\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 s\u00edna og h\u00e9lt til s\u00edns eigin lands. 14<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00f3 h\u00e9ldu sig \u00ed Bet S\u00far nokkrir \u00feeirra sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u gerst fr\u00e1hverfir l\u00f6gm\u00e1linu og bo\u00f0or\u00f0unum. Var \u00fea\u00f0 gri\u00f0asta\u00f0ur \u00feeirra.<\/p>\nAlexander veitir J\u00f3natan \u00e6\u00f0staprestsemb\u00e6tti\u00f0<\/h3>\n
18<\/span><\/a> \u201eAlexander konungur sendir br\u00f3\u00f0ur s\u00ednum J\u00f3natan kve\u00f0ju. 19<\/span><\/a> V\u00e9r h\u00f6fum fr\u00e9tt a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa s\u00e9rt hinn mesti kappi og \u00feess ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 vera vinur vor. 20<\/span><\/a> V\u00e9r h\u00f6fum \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed dag skipa\u00f0 \u00feig \u00e6\u00f0sta prest \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar \u00feinnar og veitt \u00fe\u00e9r a\u00f0 kallast vinur konungs. \u00c6tlum v\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e9r a\u00f0 annast m\u00e1lefni vor og var\u00f0veita vin\u00e1ttu vora.\u201c Einnig sendi hann J\u00f3natan purpuraskikkju og gullk\u00f3r\u00f3nu.
21<\/span><\/a> \u00c1 laufsk\u00e1lah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0inni \u00ed sj\u00f6unda m\u00e1nu\u00f0i \u00e1ri\u00f0 eitt hundra\u00f0 og sext\u00edu[<\/span> skr\u00fdddist J\u00f3natan hinum helga skr\u00fa\u00f0a. Hann dr\u00f3 a\u00f0 s\u00e9r li\u00f0 og safna\u00f0i miklum herg\u00f6gnum.<\/p>\nJ\u00f3natan sty\u00f0ur Alexander Balas<\/h3>\n
\u201eDemetr\u00edus konungur sendir \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 Gy\u00f0inga kve\u00f0ju. 26<\/span><\/a> \u00dea\u00f0 hefur glatt oss mj\u00f6g a\u00f0 heyra a\u00f0 \u00fei\u00f0 hafi\u00f0 haldi\u00f0 samninga vi\u00f0 oss og reynst vin\u00e1ttu vorri tr\u00fair og ekki gengi\u00f0 til li\u00f0s vi\u00f0 \u00f3vini vora. 27<\/span><\/a> Haldi\u00f0 \u00e1fram a\u00f0 vera oss tr\u00fair. V\u00e9r munum launa ykkur vel fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00fei\u00f0 geri\u00f0 \u00ed vora \u00fe\u00e1gu, 28<\/span><\/a> leysa ykkur undan \u00fdmsum kv\u00f6\u00f0um og gefa ykkur gjafir a\u00f0 auki.
29<\/span><\/a> H\u00e9r me\u00f0 leysi \u00e9g ykkur og alla Gy\u00f0inga undan nefskatti, salttolli og k\u00f3r\u00f3nugjaldi. 30<\/span><\/a> Jafnframt leysi \u00e9g ykkur h\u00e9r me\u00f0 og h\u00e9\u00f0an \u00ed fr\u00e1 undan \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feurfa a\u00f0 grei\u00f0a m\u00e9r \u00feri\u00f0jung af kornuppskerunni og helming af afrakstri \u00e1vaxtatrj\u00e1nna. Mun \u00e9g eigi krefjast \u00feessa framar \u00ed J\u00fadeu n\u00e9 \u00ed \u00feeim \u00ferem h\u00e9ru\u00f0um Samar\u00edu og Gal\u00edleu sem fr\u00e1 og me\u00f0 \u00feessum degi og um allar aldir skulu l\u00f6g\u00f0 undir J\u00fadeu. 31<\/span><\/a> Jer\u00fasalem l\u00fdsi \u00e9g heilaga borg og skal h\u00fan og landsv\u00e6\u00f0i hennar vera skattfrj\u00e1ls og laus vi\u00f0 t\u00edundir og tolla. 32<\/span><\/a> Enn fremur afsala \u00e9g m\u00e9r yfirr\u00e1\u00f0um yfir virkinu \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem og afhendi \u00e6\u00f0sta prestinum \u00feau. Leyfist honum a\u00f0 setja hverja \u00fe\u00e1 menn sem hann k\u00fds til \u00feess a\u00f0 verja virki\u00f0. 33<\/span><\/a> Hverjum \u00feeim Gy\u00f0ingi sem hertekinn var \u00ed J\u00fadeu gef \u00e9g frelsi \u00e1n endurgjalds hvar sem \u00feeir eru \u00ed r\u00edki m\u00ednu. Engum er heimilt a\u00f0 leggja \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 gj\u00f6ld n\u00e9 heimta skatt af b\u00faf\u00e9 \u00feeirra.
34<\/span><\/a> Allar h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0ir, hv\u00edldardaga, tunglkomudaga og a\u00f0ra helgidaga og \u00ferj\u00e1 daga fyrir og eftir hverja h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 skulu allir Gy\u00f0ingar \u00ed r\u00edki m\u00ednu vera lausir vi\u00f0 gjaldkr\u00f6fur og ekki skylt a\u00f0 grei\u00f0a skuldir. 35<\/span><\/a> Skal engum heimilt a\u00f0 krefja \u00fe\u00e1 um skuldir e\u00f0a eitthva\u00f0 anna\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feeim d\u00f6gum.
36<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 skal skr\u00e1 allt a\u00f0 \u00ferj\u00e1t\u00edu \u00fe\u00fasundum Gy\u00f0inga \u00ed her konungsins. Skal \u00feeim greiddur sami m\u00e1li og \u00f6\u00f0rum herm\u00f6nnum konungs ber. 37<\/span><\/a> Skulu sumir skipa\u00f0ir setuli\u00f0ar \u00ed st\u00e6rstu virkjum konungs og \u00f6\u00f0rum fali\u00f0 a\u00f0 r\u00e6kja tr\u00fana\u00f0arst\u00f6rf \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1gu r\u00edkisins. Yfirmenn \u00feeirra og foringjar skulu vera \u00far \u00feeirra h\u00f3pi og vera tr\u00fair l\u00f6gum \u00feeirra eins og konungur hefur \u00feegar fyrirskipa\u00f0 \u00ed J\u00fadeu.
38<\/span><\/a> H\u00e9ru\u00f0in \u00ferj\u00fa sem heyr\u00f0u Samar\u00edu en l\u00f6g\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 undir J\u00fadeu skulu tengd J\u00fadeu svo n\u00e1i\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fear r\u00edki ein stj\u00f3rn og skulu \u00feau engu \u00f6\u00f0ru yfirvaldi l\u00fata en \u00e6\u00f0sta prestinum. 39<\/span><\/a> Pt\u00f3lemais og landi\u00f0 sem henni heyrir f\u00e6ri \u00e9g helgid\u00f3minum \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem a\u00f0 gj\u00f6f til a\u00f0 standa straum af nau\u00f0synlegum \u00fatgj\u00f6ldum helgid\u00f3msins. 40<\/span><\/a> Enn fremur l\u00e6t \u00e9g renna til hins sama fimmt\u00e1n \u00fe\u00fasund sikla silfurs af konungstekjum \u00e1 \u00e1ri hverju. Skal f\u00e9\u00f0 goldi\u00f0 \u00e1 hentugum st\u00f6\u00f0um. 41<\/span><\/a> Allar inneignir sem r\u00e1\u00f0amenn hafa ekki sta\u00f0i\u00f0 skil \u00e1 eins og v\u00e9r ger\u00f0um \u00e1 fyrri \u00e1rum skulu h\u00e9\u00f0an \u00ed fr\u00e1 renna til vinnu vi\u00f0 musteri\u00f0. 42<\/span><\/a> Auk \u00feessa gef \u00e9g eftir \u00fe\u00e1 fimm \u00fe\u00fasund sikla silfurs sem \u00e1rlega hefur veri\u00f0 krafist af tekjum helgid\u00f3msins. Ber prestunum sem gegna helgi\u00fej\u00f3nustunni tilkall til \u00feessa fj\u00e1r. 43<\/span><\/a> Hver sem fl\u00fdr \u00ed helgid\u00f3minn \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem e\u00f0a inn \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 umhverfis vegna skulda vi\u00f0 konungd\u00e6mi\u00f0 e\u00f0a af einhverri annarri \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0u skal gri\u00f0 hafa og allt sem hann \u00e1 \u00ed r\u00edki m\u00ednu. 44<\/span><\/a> Af konungstekjum skal greiddur s\u00e1 kostna\u00f0ur sem til fellur vegna byggingar og endurb\u00f3ta \u00e1 helgid\u00f3minum. 45<\/span><\/a> Enn fremur skal af konungstekjum grei\u00f0a kostna\u00f0 vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 reisa m\u00fara og v\u00edggir\u00f0ingar umhverfis Jer\u00fasalem og einnig byggingu virkism\u00fara \u00ed J\u00fadeu.\u201c<\/p>\nDemetr\u00edus I fellur<\/h3>\n
48<\/span><\/a> Alexander konungur safna\u00f0i miklu li\u00f0i og bj\u00f3st til herna\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 Demetr\u00edus. 49<\/span><\/a> Laust herjum konunga saman. Her Demetr\u00edusar var st\u00f6kkt \u00e1 fl\u00f3tta. Alexander rak fl\u00f3ttann og yfirbuga\u00f0i herinn. 50<\/span><\/a> Var barist af grimmd fram undir s\u00f3larlag og f\u00e9ll Demetr\u00edus \u00feann dag.<\/p>\nAlexander Balas kv\u00e6nist d\u00f3ttur Egyptalandskonungs<\/h3>\n
55<\/span><\/a> Pt\u00f3lemeus konungur svara\u00f0i: \u201e\u00dea\u00f0 var heilladagur \u00feegar \u00fe\u00fa snerir aftur til lands fe\u00f0ra \u00feinna og settist \u00ed h\u00e1s\u00e6ti r\u00edkis \u00feeirra. 56<\/span><\/a> \u00c9g mun gera eins og \u00fe\u00fa ba\u00f0st \u00ed br\u00e9finu. En kom \u00fe\u00fa til m\u00f3ts vi\u00f0 mig til Pt\u00f3lemais svo a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 getum hist og mun \u00e9g m\u00e6gjast vi\u00f0 \u00feig eins og \u00fe\u00fa m\u00e6ltist til.\u201c
57<\/span><\/a> Pt\u00f3lemeus f\u00f3r \u00e1samt Kle\u00f3p\u00f6tru d\u00f3ttur sinni fr\u00e1 Egyptalandi og komu \u00feau til Pt\u00f3lemais \u00e1ri\u00f0 eitt hundra\u00f0 sext\u00edu og tv\u00f6.[<\/span> 58<\/span><\/a> Alexander konungur kom \u00fear til m\u00f3ts vi\u00f0 hann og gaf Pt\u00f3lemeus honum Kle\u00f3p\u00f6tru d\u00f3ttur s\u00edna og ger\u00f0i br\u00fa\u00f0kaup hennar \u00ed Pt\u00f3lemais me\u00f0 mikilli vi\u00f0h\u00f6fn eins og gerist me\u00f0 konungum.
59<\/span><\/a> Alexander konungur sendi J\u00f3natan br\u00e9f og bau\u00f0 honum til Pt\u00f3lemais til fundar vi\u00f0 sig. 60<\/span><\/a> J\u00f3natan f\u00f3r me\u00f0 vi\u00f0h\u00f6fn til Pt\u00f3lemais og hitti konungana b\u00e1\u00f0a. Hann gaf \u00feeim silfur og gull og vinum \u00feeirra einnig margar gjafir og \u00e1vann s\u00e9r velvild \u00feeirra. 61<\/span><\/a> En gegn honum sameinu\u00f0ust ska\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0ismenn fr\u00e1 \u00cdsrael sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u gerst fr\u00e1hverfir l\u00f6gm\u00e1linu. R\u00e6g\u00f0u \u00feeir hann vi\u00f0 Alexander konung en hann virti \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 vettugi. 62<\/span><\/a> Bau\u00f0 konungur a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra J\u00f3natan \u00far kl\u00e6\u00f0um hans og skr\u00fd\u00f0a hann purpuraskikkju og var \u00fea\u00f0 gert. 63<\/span><\/a> L\u00e9t konungur hann setjast s\u00e9r vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 og sag\u00f0i vi\u00f0 emb\u00e6ttismenn s\u00edna: \u201eGangi\u00f0 me\u00f0 honum inn \u00ed borgina mi\u00f0ja og kunngj\u00f6ri\u00f0 a\u00f0 enginn skuli \u00e1saka hann um neitt og enginn valda honum nokkrum vandkv\u00e6\u00f0um \u00ed neinu.\u201c 64<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar \u00feessum andst\u00e6\u00f0ingum J\u00f3natans var\u00f0 lj\u00f3st hv\u00edl\u00edk vegsemd honum var s\u00fdnd, heyr\u00f0u \u00fea\u00f0 sem kunngj\u00f6rt var og s\u00e1u hann b\u00fainn purpura fl\u00fd\u00f0u \u00feeir allir.
65<\/span><\/a> Konungur hei\u00f0ra\u00f0i J\u00f3natan \u00e1 margan h\u00e1tt, l\u00e9t skr\u00e1 hann me\u00f0al fremstu vina sinna og \u00fatnefndi hann hersh\u00f6f\u00f0ingja og landstj\u00f3ra. 66<\/span><\/a> Og J\u00f3natan sneri aftur til Jer\u00fasalem heill \u00e1 h\u00fafi og fagnandi.<\/p>\nJ\u00f3natan sigrar Appoll\u00f3n\u00edus<\/h3>\n
70<\/span><\/a> \u201e\u00de\u00fa ert eini ma\u00f0urinn sem r\u00eds gegn oss. \u00c9g er or\u00f0inn a\u00f0 athl\u00e6gi og sm\u00e1na\u00f0ur vegna \u00fe\u00edn. Hvers vegna b\u00fd\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00fa oss birginn \u00fearna uppi \u00ed fj\u00f6llunum? 71<\/span><\/a> Hafir \u00fe\u00fa tr\u00fa \u00e1 li\u00f0styrk \u00fe\u00ednum \u00fe\u00e1 skaltu koma ofan \u00e1 sl\u00e9ttlendi\u00f0 til vor en \u00fear getum vi\u00f0 reynt me\u00f0 oss. Allur herinn \u00far borgunum stendur me\u00f0 m\u00e9r. 72<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00fa skalt spyrjast fyrir um hver \u00e9g s\u00e9 og hverjir \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9u sem veita oss fulltingi. \u00de\u00e9r mun ver\u00f0a sagt a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa munir alls ekki standast oss sn\u00faning. Tv\u00edvegis voru fe\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00ednir reknir \u00e1 fl\u00f3tta \u00ed s\u00ednu eigin landi. 73<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00fa munt ekki heldur f\u00e1 sta\u00f0ist riddarali\u00f0 vort og \u00fev\u00edl\u00edkan her sem v\u00e9r h\u00f6fum h\u00e9r \u00e1 sl\u00e9ttunni, \u00fear sem hvorki finnst steinn n\u00e9 vala e\u00f0a nokkur sta\u00f0ur til a\u00f0 fl\u00fdja til.\u201c
74<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar J\u00f3natan heyr\u00f0i or\u00f0 Appoll\u00f3n\u00edusar var\u00f0 honum heitt \u00ed hamsi. Kalla\u00f0i hann t\u00edu \u00fe\u00fasund manns \u00ed herinn og h\u00e9lt fr\u00e1 Jer\u00fasalem og kom S\u00edmon br\u00f3\u00f0ir hans til m\u00f3ts vi\u00f0 hann me\u00f0 li\u00f0styrk. 75<\/span><\/a> Hann reisti herb\u00fa\u00f0ir vi\u00f0 Joppe en \u00edb\u00faarnir v\u00f6rnu\u00f0u honum inng\u00f6ngu enda haf\u00f0i Appoll\u00f3n\u00edus setuli\u00f0 \u00ed borginni. \u00deegar \u00feeir s\u00ed\u00f0an ger\u00f0u \u00e1r\u00e1s \u00e1 borgina 76<\/span><\/a> ur\u00f0u borgarb\u00faar \u00f3ttaslegnir, opnu\u00f0u borgina og J\u00f3natan n\u00e1\u00f0i Joppe \u00e1 sitt vald.
77<\/span><\/a> \u00deetta fr\u00e9tti Appoll\u00f3n\u00edus og fylkti hann \u00ferj\u00fa \u00fe\u00fasund riddurum og miklu f\u00f3tg\u00f6nguli\u00f0i. H\u00e9lt hann \u00ed \u00e1ttina a\u00f0 Asd\u00f3d, l\u00edkt og hann \u00e6tti \u00fear lei\u00f0 um, en h\u00e9lt \u00ed s\u00f6mu svipan \u00fat \u00e1 sl\u00e9ttlendi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann haf\u00f0i fj\u00f6lda riddara og reiddi sig \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1. 78<\/span><\/a> J\u00f3natan veitti honum eftirf\u00f6r til Asd\u00f3d og laust herjunum saman. 79<\/span><\/a> En Appoll\u00f3n\u00edus haf\u00f0i skili\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund riddara eftir \u00ed leyni a\u00f0 baki Gy\u00f0ingunum. 80<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar \u00fea\u00f0 rann upp fyrir J\u00f3natan a\u00f0 \u00feeir voru a\u00f0 baki honum var her hans \u00feegar umkringdur \u00f3vinum sem l\u00e9tu \u00f6rvahr\u00ed\u00f0 dynja \u00e1 li\u00f0inu fr\u00e1 morgni til kv\u00f6lds. 81<\/span><\/a> A\u00f0 fyrirm\u00e6lum J\u00f3natans hopa\u00f0i li\u00f0i\u00f0 hvergi og t\u00f3ku hestar \u00f3vinanna a\u00f0 l\u00fdjast. 82<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 leiddi S\u00edmon li\u00f0 sitt fram og r\u00e9\u00f0st \u00e1 fylkingu f\u00f3tg\u00f6nguli\u00f0sins en riddarali\u00f0i\u00f0 var n\u00fa \u00f6rmagna. Yfirbuga\u00f0i hann \u00fea\u00f0 og hrakti \u00e1 fl\u00f3tta 83<\/span><\/a> en riddarali\u00f0i\u00f0 dreif\u00f0ist um sl\u00e9ttuna. \u00deeir sem fl\u00fd\u00f0u h\u00e9ldu til Asd\u00f3d og leitu\u00f0u gri\u00f0a \u00ed hofi go\u00f0s s\u00edns, Dag\u00f3ns. 84<\/span><\/a> En J\u00f3natan brenndi Asd\u00f3d og borgirnar umhverfis og r\u00e6ndi \u00fe\u00e6r herfangi. Einnig brenndi hann hof Dag\u00f3ns og alla sem \u00fear h\u00f6f\u00f0u leita\u00f0 gri\u00f0a. 85<\/span><\/a> \u00deeir sem f\u00e9llu fyrir sver\u00f0i, auk hinna sem brenndir voru til bana, voru n\u00e6r \u00e1tta \u00fe\u00fasund manns.
86<\/span><\/a> \u00dea\u00f0an h\u00e9lt J\u00f3natan og reisti herb\u00fa\u00f0ir vi\u00f0 Askalon. Borgarb\u00faar komu \u00fat \u00far borginni og t\u00f3ku \u00e1 m\u00f3ti honum me\u00f0 mikilli vi\u00f0h\u00f6fn. 87<\/span><\/a> S\u00ed\u00f0an sneru J\u00f3natan og menn hans aftur til Jer\u00fasalem me\u00f0 miki\u00f0 herfang.
88<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar Alexander konungur spur\u00f0i \u00feessi t\u00ed\u00f0indi veitti hann J\u00f3natan enn meiri s\u00e6md. 89<\/span><\/a> Sendi hann honum gullsylgju eins og si\u00f0ur er a\u00f0 gefa \u00e6ttmennum konunga. A\u00f0 auki gaf hann J\u00f3natan Ekron til eignar og allt land sem henni heyr\u00f0i.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"