⁶ Jonathan met the king at Joppa with pomp, and they greeted one another and spent the night there.^(A)

¹¹ He sent Jonathan son of Absalom to Joppa and with him a considerable army; he drove out its occupants and remained there.^(A)

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)

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)

⁷ Then, because the city’s gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again and root out the whole community of Joppa.^(A)