43 Bacchides heard it, and he came on the Sabbath day to the banks of the Jordan with a great army. (WEB) 44 Jonathan said to his company, “Let’s stand up now and fight for our lives, for things are different today than they were yesterday and the day before. (WEB) 45 For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us. Moreover the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that side, and marsh and thicket. There is no place to escape. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:43–45
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