1 Maccabees 9:42-44

Common English Bible

⁴² After they had fully avenged their brother’s death, they returned to the marshes of the Jordan.

⁴³ When Bacchides heard about this, he came with a large force to the banks of the Jordan on the Sabbath. ⁴⁴ Jonathan said to his companions, “Let’s get up now and fight for our lives. Today things are not like they were before.