1 Maccabees 9:67

67 Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the town and set fire to the machines of war.

1 Maccabees 9:67 In-Context

65 But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the town, while he went out into the country; and he went with only a few men.

66 He struck down Odomera and his kindred and the people of Phasiron in their tents.

67 Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the town and set fire to the machines of war.

68 They fought with Bacchides, and he was crushed by them. They pressed him very hard, for his plan and his expedition had been in vain.

69 So he was very angry at the renegades who had counseled him to come into the country, and he killed many of them. Then he decided to go back to his own land.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [they]