1 Maccabees 10:69

69 Then Demetrius made Apollonius, the governor of Coelesyria, his general, who gathered together a great host and encamped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the high priest, saying,

1 Maccabees 10:69 In-Context

67 Furthermore, in the hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius, son of Demetrius, out of Crete into the land of his fathers.

68 When King Alexander heard of it, he was very sorry and returned into Antioch.

69 Then Demetrius made Apollonius, the governor of Coelesyria, his general, who gathered together a great host and encamped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the high priest, saying,

70 "Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached. And why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?

71 Now therefore, if thou trustest in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together; for with me is the power of the cities.