1 Maccabees 9:33-35

Wycliffe Bible

³³ And Jonathan knew (that), and Simon, his brother, and all that were with him, and [they] fled into (the) desert of Tekoa, and sat together at the water of the lake Asphar.

³⁴ And Bacchides knew (this), and in the day of sabbath he came, and all his host, over (the) Jordan.

³⁵ And Jonathan sent his brother (John,) (a) leader of that people [or duke of the people], and (he) prayed (the) Nabathites, (or the Nabateans), his friends, that he should betake to them his apparel, (or their baggage), that was plenteous.