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The renegades then all agreed on a plan. 'Now is the time,' they said, 'while Jonathan and his supporters are living in peace and are full of confidence, for us to bring back Bacchides, and he will arrest the lot of them in one night.' (1 Maccabees 9, 58)
Bacchides at once set out with a large force, and sent secret instructions to all his allies in Judaea to seize Jonathan and his supporters. But they were unable to do this because their plan became known, (1 Maccabees 9, 60)
and Jonathan and his men arrested some fifty of the men of the country who were ringleaders in the plot, and put them to death. (1 Maccabees 9, 61)
Jonathan and Simon then retired with their partisans to Beth-Bassi in the desert; they rebuilt the ruinous parts of the place and fortified it. (1 Maccabees 9, 62)
Jonathan, however, leaving his brother Simon in the town, broke out into the countryside with a handful of men. (1 Maccabees 9, 65)
Discovering this, Jonathan sent envoys to negotiate peace terms and the release of prisoners with him. (1 Maccabees 9, 70)
Having surrendered to Jonathan those prisoners he had earlier taken in Judaea, he turned about and withdrew to his own country, and never again came near their frontiers. (1 Maccabees 9, 72)
The sword no longer hung over Israel, and Jonathan settled in Michmash, where he began to judge the people and to rid Israel of the godless. (1 Maccabees 9, 73)
On hearing this, King Demetrius assembled a very large army and marched off to do battle with him. (1 Maccabees 10, 2)
Demetrius furthermore sent Jonathan a most conciliatory letter, promising to promote him in rank, (1 Maccabees 10, 3)
Jonathan went straight to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of the whole people and of the men in the Citadel. (1 Maccabees 10, 7)
The men in the Citadel surrendered the hostages to Jonathan, who handed them back to their parents. (1 Maccabees 10, 9)
