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1 Maccabees 9
1 Maccabees 9:42
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Jonathan and Simon had taken full revenge for the death of their brother, and they returned to the marshes along the Jordan.
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40
The Jews attacked from their ambush and killed many of them; the rest escaped into the mountains, while the Jews carried off all their possessions.
41
So the wedding was turned into a time of mourning and their joyful music into funeral songs.
42
Jonathan and Simon had taken full revenge for the death of their brother, and they returned to the marshes along the Jordan.
43
Bacchides heard about this and arrived on the Sabbath at the banks of the Jordan with a large army.
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Jonathan said to his men, "Now we must fight for our lives. We are in a worse situation than we have ever been in before.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.