1 Maccabees 9:31-33

Good News Translation

³¹ Jonathan accepted the leadership that day and took the place of his brother Judas.

The Campaigns of Jonathan

³² When Bacchides learned of this, he made up his mind to kill Jonathan. ³³ But when this news reached Jonathan, he fled, with his brother Simon and their men, to the wilderness of Tekoa and set up camp at the pool of Asphar. (