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Whereupon, Jonathan took command, in succession to his brother Judas. (1 Maccabees 9, 31)
Bacchides, when he heard the news, made plans to kill Jonathan. (1 Maccabees 9, 32)
But this became known to Jonathan, his brother Simon and all his supporters, and they took refuge in the desert of Tekoa, camping by the water-supply at Asphar storage-well. (1 Maccabees 9, 33)
Jonathan sent his brother, who was one of his commanders, to ask his friends the Nabataeans to store their considerable baggage for them. (1 Maccabees 9, 35)
Later, Jonathan and his brother Simon were told that the sons of Amrai were celebrating an important wedding, and were escorting the bride, a daughter of one of the great notables of Canaan, from Nabata with a large retinue. (1 Maccabees 9, 37)
Jonathan said to his men, 'Up! Let us fight for our lives, for today it is not as in the old days. (1 Maccabees 9, 44)
The engagement was begun by Jonathan, who aimed a blow at Bacchides, but the Syrian disengaged himself and withdrew, (1 Maccabees 9, 47)
whereupon Jonathan and his men leapt into the Jordan and swam to the other bank; the enemy did not, however, cross the Jordan in pursuit. (1 Maccabees 9, 48)
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)
