1 Maccabees 12:33

33 Simon also went forth and passed through the country unto Askalon and the strongholds there adjoining, from whence he turned aside to Joppa and won it.

1 Maccabees 12:33 In-Context

31 Therefore Jonathan turned to the Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, and smote them and took their spoils.

32 And removing from thence, he came to Damascus, and so passed through all the country.

33 Simon also went forth and passed through the country unto Askalon and the strongholds there adjoining, from whence he turned aside to Joppa and won it.

34 For he had heard that they would deliver the stronghold unto those who took Demetrius' part; therefore he set a garrison there to keep it.

35 After this Jonathan came home again and, calling the elders of the people together, he consulted with them about building strongholds in Judea