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And Jonathan heard that the leaders of Demetrius were acting treacherously at Kadesh, which is in Galilee, with a great army, intending to remove him from the affairs of the kingdom. (1 Maccabees 11, 63)
And behold, an army of foreigners met him in the plains. And they set up an ambush against him in the mountains. But he met them from the opposite direction. (1 Maccabees 11, 68)
Yet those lying in ambush then rose up from their places and joined them in combat. (1 Maccabees 11, 69)
And all those who were from Jonathan’s side fled, and not one of them was left, except Mattathias, the son of Absalom, and Judas, the son of Chalphi, the leader of military training. (1 Maccabees 11, 70)
And when those from his side, who had fled, saw this, they returned to him, and with him they all pursued them, even to Kadesh, to their camp, and they even passed beyond there. (1 Maccabees 11, 73)
And there fell from the foreigners on that day three thousand men. And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 74)
And Jonathan saw that time was on his side, and he chose men, and he sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the peace agreement with them. (1 Maccabees 12, 1)
And they went to Rome and entered into the senate house, and they said, “Jonathan, the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us to renew the peace and alliance, as it was before.” (1 Maccabees 12, 3)
Now, some time ago, letters were sent to Onias, the high priest from Arius, who reigned then among you, so that you would be our brothers, just as the copy that is written below states. (1 Maccabees 12, 7)
For we have assistance from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies have been humbled. (1 Maccabees 12, 15)
And so, we have chosen Numenius, the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and we have sent them to the Romans, to renew the former peace treaty and alliance with them. (1 Maccabees 12, 16)
And Jonathan heard that the leaders from Demetrius had returned again with a greater army than before, so as to fight against him. (1 Maccabees 12, 24)
