61 At the same time some traitorous Jews who wanted to make trouble for Jonathan made accusations against him, but King Alexander paid no attention to them.
62 He gave orders that Jonathan should be given royal robes to wear,
63 and he honoured him by letting him sit at his side. Alexander told his officers to take Jonathan into the centre of the city and to announce that no one was to bring charges against him for any reason and no one was to cause him any kind of trouble.
64 When his accusers saw the honours given to him, heard the announcement, and saw him clothed in royal robes, they all fled.
65 The king further honoured Jonathan by enrolling him in the First Order of the “Friends of the King” and by making him a general and governor of his province.
66 Jonathan returned to Jerusalem pleased and successful.
67 In the year 165 Demetrius the Second, the son of Demetrius the First, left Crete and arrived in Syria, the land of his ancestors.