³⁸ All the grants that we have made to you remain valid, and let the strongholds that you have built be your possession.^(A)

³⁵ When Jonathan returned he convened the elders of the people and planned with them to build strongholds in Judea,^(A)

³³ He fortified the towns of Judea, and Beth-zur on the borders of Judea, where formerly the arms of the enemy had been stored, and he placed there a garrison of Jews.^(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)

⁷ and I grant freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons that you have prepared and the strongholds that you have built and now hold shall remain yours.^(A)