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Demetrius confirmed Apollonius as governor of Coele-Syria; the latter assembled a large force, encamped at Jamnia and sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest: (1 Maccabees 10, 69)
On hearing Apollonius' words, Jonathan's spirit was roused; he picked ten thousand men and left Jerusalem, and his brother Simon joined him with reinforcements. (1 Maccabees 10, 74)
the citizens took fright and opened the gates, and Jonathan occupied Joppa. (1 Maccabees 10, 76)
Jonathan pursued him as far as Azotus, where the armies joined battle. (1 Maccabees 10, 78)
Jonathan knew of this enemy position behind him; the horsemen surrounded his army, firing their arrows into his men from morning till evening. (1 Maccabees 10, 80)
But the troops stood firm, as Jonathan had ordered. Once the cavalry was exhausted, (1 Maccabees 10, 81)
Jonathan, however, set fire to Azotus and the surrounding towns, plundered them, and burned down the temple of Dagon, with all the fugitives who had crowded into it. (1 Maccabees 10, 84)
Jonathan then left and pitched camp outside Ascalon, where the citizens came out to meet him with great ceremony. (1 Maccabees 10, 86)
Jonathan then returned to Jerusalem with his followers, laden with booty. (1 Maccabees 10, 87)
In the event, when King Alexander heard what had happened, he awarded Jonathan further honours: (1 Maccabees 10, 88)
When he reached Azotus he was shown the burnt-out temple of Dagon, with Azotus and its suburbs in ruins, corpses scattered here and there, and the charred remains of those whom Jonathan had burnt to death in the battle, piled into heaps along his route. (1 Maccabees 11, 4)
They explained to the king what Jonathan had done, hoping for his disapproval; but the king said nothing. (1 Maccabees 11, 5)
