1 Maccabees 9:47

47 And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.

1 Maccabees 9:47 In-Context

45 And behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.

46 Now therefore cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.

47 And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.

48 And Jonathan, and they that were with him leaped into the Jordan, and swam over the Jordan to them:

49 And there fell of Bacchides' side that day a thousand man: and they returned to Jerusalem,