And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power.

And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power.

1 Maccabees 9:41
And the marriage was turned into mourning, and the noise of their musical instruments into lamentation.

1 Maccabees 9:42
And they took revenge for the blood of their brother: and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.

1 Maccabees 9:44
And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.

1 Maccabees 9:45
For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.