1 Maccabees 9:42

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

1 Maccabees 9:42 In-Context

40 Then those who were with Jonathan ambushed them and began killing them. They wounded and killed many. The rest fled to the mountain, and the Jews took all their goods.

41 So the wedding turned into mourning, and the sound of their musicians into a funeral hymn.

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.