1 Maccabees 11:66-68

Good News Translation

⁶⁶ The people asked for peace terms, and Simon agreed. He then took over the town, drove the people out, and stationed a detachment of troops there.

⁶⁷ Jonathan and his army set up camp by Lake Galilee. Early the next morning he marched his troops to the plain of Hazor, ⁶⁸ where the main force of the foreign army was advancing to meet him. Unknown to Jonathan, they had left a detachment of troops in ambush in the mountains,