1 Maccabees 11:42-44

New Catholic Bible

⁴² In reply, Demetrius sent this message back to Jonathan: “I will not only do this for you and your nation, but I will also confer great honor upon you and your nation whenever the opportunity presents itself. ⁴³ In return, please do me the favor of sending men to fight for me, because all my troops have deserted.”

⁴⁴ Therefore, Jonathan sent three thousand skilled fighting men to him at Antioch, and when they reached the king, he was delighted at their arrival,