1 Maccabees 9:34-36

Good News Translation

³⁴ Bacchides learned about this on the Sabbath and crossed the Jordan with his whole army.^[a]) ³⁵ Jonathan sent his brother John, who was responsible for the soldiers' families, to ask the Nabateans, with whom he was on friendly terms, for permission to store with them the large amount of baggage they had. ³⁶ But the Jambrites of Medeba attacked John, took him captive, and carried off all the baggage.