73 Now you won’t be able to withstand the cavalry and such an army as this in the plain, where there is no stone or pebble, or place to flee.” (WEB) 74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and he chose ten thousand men, and went out from Jerusalem; and Simon his brother met him to help him. (WEB) 75 Then he encamped against Joppa. The people of the city shut him out, because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:73–75
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