1 Maccabees 12:41

41 Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Beth-shan.

1 Maccabees 12:41 In-Context

39 Now Trypho went about to get the kingdom of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head.

40 However he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; therefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed and came to Beth-shan.

41 Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Beth-shan.

42 Now when Trypho saw that Jonathan came with so great a force, he dared not stretch his hand against him,

43 but received him honorably, and commended him unto all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obedient unto him as to himself.