玛加伯上 9

1In the mean time when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army were fallen in battle, he sent again Bacchides and Alcimus into Judea; and the right wing of his army with them.

2And they took the road that leadeth to Galgal, and they camped in Masaloth, which is in Arabella: and they made themselves masters of it, and slew many people.

3In the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year they brought the army to Jerusalem:

4And they arose, and went to Berea with twenty thousand men, and two thousand horsemen.

5Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa, and three thousand chosen men with him:

6And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.

7And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged.

8Then he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.

9But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not be able, but let us save our lives now, and return to our brethren, and then we will fight against them: for we are but few.

10Then Judas said: God forbid we should do this thing, and flee away from them: but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our glory.

11And the army removed out of the camp, and they stood over against them: and the horsemen were divided into two troops, and the slingers, and the archers went before the army, and they that were in the front were all men of valour.

12And Bacchides was in the right wing, and the legion drew near on two sides, and they sounded the trumpets:

13And they also were on Judas’ side, even they also cried out, and the earth shook at the noise of the armies: and the battle was fought from morning even unto the evening.

14And Judas perceived that the stronger part of the army of Bacchides was on the right side, and all the stout of heart came together with him:

15And the right wing was discomfited by them, and he pursued them even to the mount Azotus.

16And they that were in the left wing saw that the right wing was discomfited, and they followed after Judas, and them that were with him, at their back:

17And the battle was hard fought, and there fell many wounded of the one side and of the other.

18And Judas was slain, and the rest fled away.

19And Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of their fathers in the city of Modin.

20And all the people of Israel bewailed him with great lamentation, and they mourned for him many days.

21And said: How is the mighty man fallen, that saved the people of Israel!

22But the rest of the words of the wars of Judas, and of the noble acts that he did, and of his greatness, are not written: for they were very many.

23And it came to pass after the death of Judas, that the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the confines of Israel, and all the workers of iniquity rose up.

24In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides.

25And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country:

26And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.

27And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.

28And all the friends of Judas came together, and said to Jonathan:

29Since thy brother Judas died, there is not a man like him to go forth against our enemies, Bacchides, and them that are the enemies of our nation.

30Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince, and captain in his stead to fight our battles.

31So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up in the place of Judas his brother.

32And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him.

33And Jonathan and Simon his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake of Asphar,

34And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself with all his army over the Jordan on the sabbath day.

35And Jonathan sent his brother a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious.

36And the children of Jambri came forth out of Madaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went away with them.

37After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride out of Madaba, the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan, with great pomp.

38And the remembered the blood of John their brother: and they went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain.

39And they lifted up their eyes, and saw: and behold a tumult, and great preparation: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends, and his brethren to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments, and many weapons.

40And they rose up against them from the place where they lay in ambush, and slew them, and there fell many wounded, and the rest fled into the mountains, and they took all their spoils:

41And the marriage was turned into mourning, and the noise of their musical instruments into lamentation.

42And they took revenge for the blood of their brother: and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.

43And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan with a great power.

44And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.

45And behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.

46Now therefore cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.

47And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.

48And Jonathan, and they that were with him leaped into the Jordan, and swam over the Jordan to them:

49And there fell of Bacchides’ side that day a thousand man: and they returned to Jerusalem,

50And they built strong cities in Judea, the fortress that was in Jericho, and in Ammaus, and in Bethoron, and in Bethel, and Thamnata, and Phara, and Thopo, with high walls, and gates, and bars.

51And he placed garrisons in them, that they might wage war against Israel:

52And he fortified the city of Bethsura, and Gazara, and the castle, and set garrisons in them, and provisions of victuals:

53And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.

54Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three, the second month, Alcimus commanded the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary to be thrown down, and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and he began to be destroyed: and he began to destroy.

55At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.

56And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.

57And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead: and he returned to the king, and the land was quiet for two years.

58And all the wicked held a council, saying: Behold Jonathan, and they that are with him, dwell at ease, and without fear: now therefore let us bring Bacchides hither, and he shall take them all in one night.

59So they went, and gave him counsel.

60And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea, to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them.

61And he apprehended of the men of the country, that were the principal authors of the mischief, fifty men, and slew them.

62And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it.

63And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea.

64And he came, and camped above Bethbessen, and fought against it many days, and made engines.

65But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth into the country: and came with a number of men.

66And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the children of Phaseron in their tents, and he began to slay, and to increase in forces.

67But Simon and they that were with him, sallied out of the city, and burnt the engines.

68And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain.

69And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country.

70And Jonathan had knowledge of it, and he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him, and to restore to him the prisoners.

71And he accepted it willingly, and did according to his words, and swore that the would do him no harm all the days of his life.

72And he restored to him the prisoners which he before had taken out of the land of Juda: and he returned and went away into his own country, and he came no more into their borders.

73So the sword ceased from Israel: and Jonathan dwelt in Machmas, and Jonathan began there to judge the people, and he destroyed the wicked out of Israel.

1Interea, ut audivit Demetrius quia cecidit Nicanor et exercitus ejus in prælio, apposuit Bacchidem et Alcimum rursum mittere in Judæam, et dextrum cornu cum illis.

2Et abierunt viam quæ ducit in Galgala, et castra posuerunt in Masaloth, quæ est in Arbellis: et occupaverunt eam, et peremerunt animas hominum multas.

3In mense primo anni centesimi et quinquagesimi secundi, applicuerunt exercitum ad Jerusalem:

4et surrexerunt, et abierunt in Beream viginti millia virorum, et duo millia equitum.

5Et Judas posuerat castra in Laisa, et tria millia viri electi cum eo:

6et viderunt multitudinem exercitus, quia multi sunt, et timuerunt valde: et multi subtraxerunt se de castris, et non remanserunt ex eis nisi octingenti viri.

7Et vidit Judas quod defluxit exercitus suus, et bellum perurgebat eum, et confractus est corde, quia non habebat tempus congregandi eos, et dissolutus est.

8Et dixit his qui residui erant: Surgamus, et eamus ad adversarios nostros, si poterimus pugnare adversus eos.

9Et avertebant eum, dicentes: Non poterimus, sed liberemus animas nostras modo, et revertamur ad fratres nostros, et tunc pugnabimus adversus eos: nos autem pauci sumus.

10Et ait Judas: Absit istam rem facere ut fugiamus ab eis: et si appropiavit tempus nostrum, moriamur in virtute propter fratres nostros, et non inferamus crimen gloriæ nostræ.

11Et movit exercitus de castris, et steterunt illis obviam: et divisi sunt equites in duas partes, et fundibularii et sagittarii præibant exercitum, et primi certaminis omnes potentes.

12Bacchides autem erat in dextro cornu, et proximavit legio ex duabus partibus, et clamabant tubis:

13exclamaverunt autem et hi qui erant ex parte Judæ etiam ipsi, et commota est terra a voce exercituum: et commissum est prælium a mane usque ad vesperam.

14Et vidit Judas quod firmior est pars exercitus Bacchidis in dextris, et convenerunt cum ipso omnes constantes corde:

15et contrita est dextera pars ab eis, et persecutus est eos usque ad montem Azoti.

16Et qui in sinistro cornu erant, viderunt quod contritum est dextrum cornu, et secuti sunt post Judam, et eos qui cum ipso erant, a tergo:

17et ingravatum est prælium, et ceciderunt vulnerati multi ex his et ex illis.

18Et Judas cecidit, et ceteri fugerunt.

19Et Jonathas et Simon tulerunt Judam fratrem suum, et sepelierunt eum in sepulchro patrum suorum in civitate Modin.

20Et fleverunt eum omnis populus Israël planctu magno, et lugebant dies multos,

21et dixerunt: Quomodo cecidit potens, qui salvum faciebat populum Israël !

22Et cetera verba bellorum Judæ, et virtutum, quas fecit, et magnitudinis ejus, non sunt descripta: multa enim erant valde.

23Et factum est: post obitum Judæ emerserunt iniqui in omnibus finibus Israël, et exorti sunt omnes qui operabantur iniquitatem.

24In diebus illis facta est fames magna valde, et tradidit se Bacchidi omnis regio eorum cum ipsis.

25Et elegit Bacchides viros impios, et constituit eos dominos regionis:

26et exquirebant, et perscrutabantur amicos Judæ, et adducebant eos ad Bacchidem, et vindicabat in illos, et illudebat.

27Et facta est tribulatio magna in Israël, qualis non fuit ex die qua non est visus propheta in Israël.

28Et congregati sunt omnes amici Judæ, et dixerunt Jonathæ:

29Ex quo frater tuus Judas defunctus est, vir similis ei non est, qui exeat contra inimicos nostros, Bacchidem et eos qui inimici sunt gentis nostræ.

30Nunc itaque, te hodie elegimus esse pro eo nobis in principem, et ducem ad bellandum bellum nostrum.

31Et suscepit Jonathas tempore illo principatum, et surrexit loco Judæ fratris sui.

32Et cognovit Bacchides, et quærebat eum occidere.

33Et cognovit Jonathas, et Simon frater ejus, et omnes qui cum eo erant: et fugerunt in desertum Thecuæ et consederunt ad aquam lacus Asphar.

34Et cognovit Bacchides, et die sabbatorum venit ipse et omnis exercitus ejus trans Jordanem.

35Et Jonathas misit fratrem suum ducem populi, et rogavit Nabuthæos amicos suos, ut commodarent illis apparatum suum, qui erat copiosus.

36Et exierunt filii Jambri ex Madaba, et comprehenderunt Joannem et omnia quæ habebat, et abierunt habentes ea.

37Post hæc verba, renuntiatum est Jonathæ et Simoni fratri ejus, quia filii Jambri faciunt nuptias magnas, et ducunt sponsam ex Madaba filiam unius de magnis principibus Chanaan cum ambitione magna.

38Et recordati sunt sanguinis Joannis fratris sui: et ascenderunt, et absconderunt se sub tegumento montis.

39Et elevaverunt oculos suos, et viderunt: et ecce tumultus, et apparatus multus: et sponsus processit, et amici ejus, et fratres ejus obviam illis cum tympanis, et musicis, et armis multis.

40Et surrexerunt ad eos ex insidiis, et occiderunt eos, et ceciderunt vulnerati multi, et residui fugerunt in montes: et acceperunt omnia spolia eorum:

41et conversæ sunt nuptiæ in luctum, et vox musicorum ipsorum in lamentum.

42Et vindicaverunt vindictam sanguinis fratris sui: et reversi sunt ad ripam Jordanis.

43Et audivit Bacchides, et venit die sabbatorum usque ad oram Jordanis in virtute magna.

44Et dixit ad suos Jonathas: Surgamus, et pugnemus contra inimicos nostros: non est enim hodie sicut heri et nudiustertius:

45ecce enim bellum ex adverso, aqua vero Jordanis hinc et inde, et ripæ, et paludes, et saltus: et non est locus divertendi.

46Nunc ergo, clamate in cælum, ut liberemini de manu inimicorum vestrorum. Et commissum est bellum.

47Et extendit Jonathas manum suam percutere Bacchidem, et divertit ab eo retro:

48et desiliit Jonathas, et qui cum eo erant, in Jordanem, et transnataverunt ad eos Jordanem.

49Et ceciderunt de parte Bacchidis die illa mille viri. Et reversi sunt in Jerusalem,

50et ædificaverunt civitates munitas in Judæa, munitionem quæ erat in Jericho, et in Ammaum, et in Bethoron, et in Bethel, et Thamnata, et Phara, et Thopo muris excelsis, et portis, et seris.

51Et posuit custodiam in eis, ut inimicitias exercerent in Israël:

52et munivit civitatem Bethsuram, et Gazaram, et arcem, et posuit in eis auxilia, et apparatum escarum:

53et accepit filios principum regionis obsides, et posuit eos in arce in Jerusalem in custodiam.

54Et anno centesimo quinquagesimo tertio, mense secundo, præcepit Alcimus destrui muros domus sanctæ interioris, et destrui opera prophetarum: et cœpit destruere.

55In tempore illo percussus est Alcimus: et impedita sunt opera illius, et occlusum est os ejus, et dissolutus est paralysi, nec ultra potuit loqui verbum, et mandare de domo sua.

56Et mortuus est Alcimus in tempore illo cum tormento magno.

57Et vidit Bacchides quoniam mortuus est Alcimus, et reversus est ad regem. Et siluit terra annis duobus.

58Et cogitaverunt omnes iniqui, dicentes: Ecce Jonathas, et qui cum eo sunt, in silentio habitant confidenter: nunc ergo adducamus Bacchidem, et comprehendet eos omnes una nocte.

59Et abierunt, et consilium ei dederunt.

60Et surrexit ut veniret cum exercitu multo: et misit occulte epistolas sociis suis qui erant in Judæa, ut comprehenderent Jonathan, et eos qui cum eo erant: sed non potuerunt, quia innotuit eis consilium eorum.

61Et apprehendit de viris regionis, qui principes erant malitiæ, quinquaginta viros, et occidit eos:

62et secessit Jonathas, et Simon, et qui cum eo erant, in Bethbessen, quæ est in deserto: et exstruxit diruta ejus, et firmaverunt eam.

63Et cognovit Bacchides, et congregavit universam multitudinem suam: et his, qui de Judæa erant, denuntiavit.

64Et venit, et castra posuit desuper Bethbessen: et oppugnavit eam dies multos, et fecit machinas.

65Et reliquit Jonathas Simonem fratrem suum in civitate, et exiit in regionem, et venit cum numero:

66et percussit Odaren et fratres ejus, et filios Phaseron in tabernaculis ipsorum: et cœpit cædere, et crescere in virtutibus.

67Simon vero, et qui cum ipso erant, exierunt de civitate, et succenderunt machinas,

68et pugnaverunt contra Bacchidem, et contritus est ab eis: et afflixerunt eum valde, quoniam consilium ejus et congressus ejus erat inanis.

69Et iratus contra viros iniquos, qui ei consilium dederant ut veniret in regionem ipsorum, multos ex eis occidit: ipse autem cogitavit cum reliquis abire in regionem suam.

70Et cognovit Jonathas: et misit ad eum legatos componere pacem cum ipso, et reddere ei captivitatem.

71Et libenter accepit, et fecit secundum verba ejus, et juravit se nihil facturum ei mali omnibus diebus vitæ ejus.

72Et reddidit ei captivitatem, quam prius erat prædatus de terra Juda: et conversus abiit in terram suam, et non apposuit amplius venire in fines ejus.

73Et cessavit gladius ex Israël: et habitavit Jonathas in Machmas, et cœpit Jonathas ibi judicare populum, et exterminavit impios ex Israël.

1Meanwhile, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he again positioned Bacchides and Alcimus in Judea, and the right horn of his army with them.

2And they traveled by the way that leads to Gilgal, and they set up camp in Mesaloth, which is in Arbela. And they occupied it, and they destroyed the lives of many men.

3In the first month of the one hundred and fifty-second year, they positioned the army near Jerusalem.

4And they rose up and went to Berea, with twenty thousand men and two thousand horsemen.

5Now Judas had stationed his camp in Elasa, and three thousand chosen men were with him.

6And they saw the multitude of the army, that they were many, and they became very afraid. And many withdrew themselves from the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.

7And Judas saw that his army had slipped away and that the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was shattered, because he did not have time to gather them together, and he was very discouraged.

8And so, he said to those who were remaining, “Let us rise up and go against our enemies, perhaps we may be able to fight against them.”

9But they dissuaded him, saying: “We will not be able, but let us try to save our lives and return to our brothers, and then we will fight against them. For we are but few.”

10And Judas said: “Far be it from us, to do this thing, so as to flee away from them. But if our time has drawn near, let us die with virtue, on behalf of our brothers, and let us not inflict guilt upon our glory.”

11And the army moved from the camp, and they stood to meet them. And the horsemen were divided into two parts, and the stone-slingers and archers went before the army, and the first ones were all powerful men, experienced in combat.

12Moreover, Bacchides was with the right horn, and the legion drew near on both sides, and they sounded the trumpets.

13But those also who were from the side of Judas, these also now cried out, and the earth shook at the noise of the armies. And the battle was joined from morning, even until evening.

14And Judas saw that the stronger part of the army of Bacchides was on the right side, and all the steadfast in heart came together with him.

15And the right part was crushed by them, and he pursued them even to Mount Azotus.

16And those who were with the left horn saw that the right horn was crushed, and so they followed after Judas, and those who were with him, at their back.

17And the battle was hard fought, and there fell many wounded from one side and the other.

18And Judas fell, and the others fled away.

19And Jonathan and Simon carried Judas, their brother, and they buried him in the sepulcher of their fathers, in the city of Modin.

20And all the people of Israel wept for him with a great wailing, and they mourned him for many days.

21And they said, “Such a powerful man has fallen, who accomplished the salvation of the people of Israel!”

22But the rest of the words, about the wars of Judas, and the virtuous acts that he did, and his magnitude, have not been written. For they were very many.

23And it happened that, after the death of Judas, the iniquitous began to emerge in all the parts of Israel, and they began to encourage all those who worked iniquity.

24In those days, there occurred a very great famine, and the entire region handed itself over to Bacchides.

25And Bacchides chose impious men, and he appointed them as rulers of the region.

26And they sought out and persecuted the friends of Judas, and they led them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and abused them.

27And there occurred a great tribulation in Israel, such as had never been, since the day that there was no prophet seen in Israel.

28And all the friends of Judas gathered together, and they said to Jonathan:

29“Since your brother Judas has fallen away, there is not a man like him to go forth against our enemies, against Bacchides and those who are the enemies of our nation.

30And so now, we have chosen you in his place, on this day, to be our leader and commander in order to wage our wars.”

31And so, at that time, Jonathan took upon himself the leadership, and he rose up in the place of Judas, his brother.

32And Bacchides knew of it, and he sought to kill him.

33And Jonathan and his brother Simon knew of this, and so did all who were with them. And they fled into the desert of Tekoa, and they settled by the water of lake Asphar.

34And Bacchides knew of it, and on the day of the Sabbath, he himself arrived, with all his army, across the Jordan.

35And Jonathan sent his brother, a commander of the people, to ask the Nabateans, his friends, to lend them their equipment, which was abundant.

36And the sons of Jambri went forth from Medeba, and they captured John, and all that he had, and they went away in possession of these.

37After these events, it was reported to Jonathan and his brother Simon that the sons of Jambri were having a great marriage celebration, and that they would be leading the bride, a daughter of one of the great leaders of Canaan, out of Medeba with great fanfare.

38And they remembered the blood of John, their brother. And they went up and hid themselves under the cover of the mountain.

39And they lifted up their eyes and saw. And behold, a tumult and a well-prepared multitude. And the bridegroom proceeded, with his friends and his brothers, to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments, and many weapons.

40And they rose up against them out of ambush, and they killed them, and there fell many wounded, and the remainder fled into the mountains, and they took all their spoils.

41And the marriage celebration was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musical instruments into lamentation.

42And they took revenge for the blood of their brother, and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.

43And Bacchides heard about this, and he came on the day of the Sabbath all the way to the coast of the Jordan, with a great force.

44And Jonathan said to his own: “Let us rise up and fight against our enemies. For it is not today, as it was yesterday, or the day before.

45For behold, the war is before us, and truly, with the water of the Jordan here and there, and the banks, and the marshes, and the woods: there is no place for us to turn aside.

46Therefore, cry out now to heaven so that you may be freed from the hand of your enemies.” And they joined together in warfare.

47And Jonathan extended his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him in retreat.

48And Jonathan, and those who were with him, leaped forward into the Jordan, and they swam across the Jordan to them.

49And there fell from the side of Bacchides on that day one thousand men. And they returned to Jerusalem.

50And they built fortified cities in Judea: the fortification that was in Jericho, and in Emmaus, and in Bethhoron, and in Bethel, and Timnath, and Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls, and gates, and bars.

51And he stationed garrisons in them, so that those in Israel became trained in warfare.

52And he fortified the city of Bethzur, and of Gazara, and the stronghold, and he stationed auxiliaries in them, with supplies of rations.

53And he took the sons of the leaders of the region for hostages, and put them in the stronghold in Jerusalem under guard.

54Now in the second month of the one hundred and fifty-third year, Alcimus instructed that the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary be destroyed, and that the works of the prophets be destroyed. And he began to destroy them.

55At that time, Alcimus was struck, and his works were hindered, and his mouth was closed shut, and he was weakened with paralysis, so that he was no longer able speak a word, nor to give orders concerning his house.

56And Alcimus died at that time, in great torment.

57And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead. And he returned to the king. And the land was quiet for two years.

58And all the iniquitous considered together, saying, “Behold, Jonathan, and those who are with him, live in quietude and confidence. Now, therefore, let us bring forth Bacchides, and he will capture them all, in one night.”

59So they went and gave counsel to him.

60And he rose up, so as to advance with a great army. And he secretly sent letters to his associates who were in Judea, to seize Jonathan and those who were with him. But they were not able, for their plan became known to them.

61And he apprehended, from the men of the region, those who were the leaders of this malice, fifty men. And he killed them.

62And Jonathan, and Simon, and those who were with him, withdrew into Bethbasi, which is in the desert. And he repaired its breaches, and they fortified it.

63And Bacchides knew about it, and he gathered together all his multitude. And he reported it to those who were from Judea.

64And he came and made camp above Bethbasi, and he fought against it for many days, and he made machines of war.

65But Jonathan left behind his brother Simon in the city, and he went out into the country, and he approached with a number of men,

66and he struck Odomera and his brothers, and the sons of Phasiron, in their tents. And he began to slaughter and to increase in forces.

67In truth, Simon, and those who were with him, went forth from the city and burned the machines of war,

68and they fought against Bacchides, and he was crushed by them. And they afflicted him greatly, because his counsel and his meetings were in vain.

69And he was angry with the men of iniquity who had given him counsel to come into their region, and he killed many of them. But he decided to depart with the remainder into their country.

70And Jonathan knew of it, and he sent ambassadors to him to arrange a peace with him, and to restore the captives to him.

71And he accepted it willingly, and he acted according to his words, and he swore that he would do him no evil all the days of his life.

72And he restored to him the captives which he previously had been given from the land of Judah. And he turned back and went away into his own land, and he no longer drew near, in order to enter into their borders.

73And so the sword ceased from Israel. And Jonathan lived in Michmash, and, in that place, Jonathan began to judge the people, and he destroyed the impious out of Israel.