1 Maccabees 9:34

34 Bacchides learned about this on the Sabbath and crossed the Jordan with his whole army. )

1 Maccabees 9:34 In-Context

32 When Bacchides learned of this, he made up his mind to kill Jonathan.

33 But when this news reached Jonathan, he fled, with his brother Simon and their men, to the wilderness of Tekoa and set up camp at the pool of Asphar. (%0

34 Bacchides learned about this on the Sabbath and crossed the Jordan with his whole army. )

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Verse 34 is probably misplaced and belongs with verse 43.]