1 Maccabees 9:42-44

New Catholic Bible

⁴² Having thereby gained revenge for the blood of their brother, the Jews returned to the marshes of the Jordan.

⁴³ “Let Us . . . Fight for Our Lives.” When Bacchides heard of this, he came with a huge force to the banks of the Jordan on the Sabbath. ⁴⁴ Then Jonathan said to those with him, “Let us get up now and fight for our lives, for today things have changed considerably from the way they used to be.