43
So he received him with honor and commended him to all his friends, and he gave him gifts and commanded his friends and his troops to obey him as they would himself.
44
Then he said to Jonathan, "Why have you wearied all these people when we are not at war?
45
Dismiss them now to their homes and choose for yourself a few men to stay with you, and come with me to Ptolemais. I will hand it over to you as well as the other strongholds and the remaining troops and all the officials, and will turn round and go home. For that is why I am here."
46
Jonathan trusted him and did as he said; he sent away the troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.
47
He kept with himself three thousand men, two thousand of whom he left in Galilee, while a thousand accompanied him.
48
But when Jonathan entered Ptolemais, the men of Ptolemais closed the gates and seized him, and all who had entered with him they killed with the sword.
49
Then Trypho sent troops and cavalry into Galilee and the Great Plain to destroy all Jonathan's soldiers.
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But they realized that Jonathan had been seized and had perished along with his men, and they encouraged one another and kept marching in close formation, ready for battle.
51
When their pursuers saw that they would fight for their lives, they turned back.
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So they all reached the land of Judah safely, and they mourned for Jonathan and his companions and were in great fear; and all Israel mourned deeply.
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And all the nations round about them tried to destroy them, for they said, "They have no leader or helper. Now therefore let us make war on them and blot out the memory of them from among men."