1 Maccabees 10:69-71

New Catholic Bible

⁶⁹ Demetrius appointed Apollonius as governor of Coelesyria,^[a] and the latter assembled a large force, encamped at Jamnia, and sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest: ⁷⁰ “You are the only one who has seen fit to rise up against us. Because of you, I have been assailed by ridicule and brought into disgrace. Why do you flaunt your authority against us in the hill country? ⁷¹ If you have such confidence in your forces, come down to meet us in the plain, and there we can test each other’s strength. The power of the cities is ready to support me.