1 Maccabees 9:42-44

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴² And they took revenge for the blood of their brother: and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.

⁴³ And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan with a great power.

⁴⁴ And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.