1 Maccabees 9:35

35 Jonathan sent his brother John, as leader of a large contingent, to beg his friends the Nabateans for permission to store with them the large amount of baggage that they had.

1 Maccabees 9:35 In-Context

33 But Jonathan, his brother Simon, and all those with him heard about it and fled into the Tekoa wilderness. They camped beside the water of the pool of Asphar.

34 Bacchides found out about this on a Sabbath day, and he and his army crossed the Jordan River.

35 Jonathan sent his brother John, as leader of a large contingent, to beg his friends the Nabateans for permission to store with them the large amount of baggage that they had.

36 But the family of Jambri from Medeba came out and captured John and everything he had. And they left with it.

37 After this Jonathan and his brother Simon were told, "The family of Jambri is celebrating a great wedding. They are bringing the bride, a daughter of one of the great officials of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort."