1 Maccabees 13:11

11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great power, to Joppa, who, casting out those who were therein, remained there in it.

1 Maccabees 13:11 In-Context

9 Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever thou commandest us, that will we do.

10 So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.

11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great power, to Joppa, who, casting out those who were therein, remained there in it.

12 So Trypho removed from Ptolemais with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him under guard.

13 But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, opposite the plain.