1 Maccabees 11:42-44

Good News Translation

⁴² Demetrius replied: I will do what you request, and when the opportunity presents itself, I will bestow upon you and your nation the highest honors. ⁴³ But now you can help me by sending soldiers to fight for me, because all of my troops have revolted.

⁴⁴ So Jonathan sent 3,000 trained soldiers to Antioch. The king was delighted when they arrived,