Good News Translation
So he left his brother Simon in Judea and set out to meet them in battle.

New Revised Standard Version
He went to meet them, but left his brother Simon in the country.

Contemporary English Version
Simon stayed behind in Judea while his brother Jonathan set out to attack the army of Demetrius.

New American Bible
So he went to meet them, leaving his brother Simon in the province.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went against them: but left his brother, Simon, in the country.

And he went against them: but left his brother, Simon, in the country.

1 Maccabees 11:62
And the men of Gaza made supplication to Jonathan, and he gave them the right hand: and he took their sons for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem: and he went through the country, as far as Damascus.

1 Maccabees 11:63
And Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come treacherously to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove him from the affairs of the kingdom.

1 Maccabees 11:65
And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and assaulted it many days, and shut them up.

1 Maccabees 11:66
And they desired him to make peace, and he granted it them: and he cast them out from thence, and took the city, and placed a garrison in it.