1 Maccabees 13:11

11 He sent Jonathan son of Absalom to Joppa, and with him a considerable army; he drove out its occupants and remained there.

1 Maccabees 13:11 In-Context

9 Fight our battles, and all that you say to us we will do."

10 So he assembled all the warriors and hurried to complete the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it on every side.

11 He sent Jonathan son of Absalom to Joppa, and with him a considerable army; he drove out its occupants and remained there.

12 Then Trypho left Ptolemais with a large army to invade the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard.

13 Simon encamped in Adida, facing the plain.