1 Maccabees 11:61-63

New Catholic Bible

⁶¹ From there he proceeded to Gaza, but the people of Gaza closed their gates to him. Therefore, he besieged Gaza, burning down its suburbs and plundering them. ⁶² Then the people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan for mercy, and he granted them peace, taking the sons of their rulers as hostages and sending them to Jerusalem. He then traveled through the country as far as Damascus.

⁶³ Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius had arrived at Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office.