Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But when this news reached Jonathan, he fled, with his brother Simon and their men, to the wilderness of Tekoa and set up camp at the pool of Asphar. ( New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake Asphar, 1 Maccabees 9:31So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up in the place of Judas, his brother 1 Maccabees 9:32 And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him. 1 Maccabees 9:34 And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself, with all his army, over the Jordan, on the sabbath day. 1 Maccabees 9:35 And Jonathan sent his brother, a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious. Context 1 Maccabees 9…32And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him. 33And Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake Asphar, 34And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself, with all his army, over the Jordan, on the sabbath day.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 9:31 So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up in the place of Judas, his brother 1 Maccabees 9:32 And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him. 1 Maccabees 9:34 And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself, with all his army, over the Jordan, on the sabbath day. 1 Maccabees 9:35 And Jonathan sent his brother, a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious. |