1 Maccabees 10:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ all of them deserted their posts and fled to their own lands. ¹⁴ Only in Beth-zur did some remain of those who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it served as a place of refuge.

¹⁵ King Alexander was informed of all the proposals made by Demetrius to Jonathan, and he was also told of the battles that Jonathan and his brothers had fought, of the heroic deeds that they had accomplished, and of the hardships that they had endured.