1 Maccabees 12:40-42

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴⁰ Fearing lest Jonathan would not suffer him, but would fight against him: he sought to seize upon him, and to kill him. So he rose up and came to Bethsan.

⁴¹ And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethsan.

⁴² Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him,