And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were,
and so entered into it with songs and thanksgiving. Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it,
and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwelling place for himself.
They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: