1 Maccabees 12:48-50
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
48 Then as soon as Jonathan entered Ptolemais, the people of Ptolemais closed the gates and seized him; all who had entered with him, they killed with the sword.(A)
49 Then Trypho sent soldiers and cavalry to Galilee and the Great Plain[a] to destroy all Jonathan’s men. 50 These, upon learning that Jonathan had been captured and killed along with his companions, encouraged one another and went out in close formation, ready to fight.
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