36. And the sons of Jambri went forth from Medeba, and they captured John, and all that he had, and they went away in possession of these.
37. After these events, it was reported to Jonathan and his brother Simon that the sons of Jambri were having a great marriage celebration, and that they would be leading the bride, a daughter of one of the great leaders of Canaan, out of Medeba with great fanfare.
38. And they remembered the blood of John, their brother. And they went up and hid themselves under the cover of the mountain.
39. And they lifted up their eyes and saw. And behold, a tumult and a well-prepared multitude. And the bridegroom proceeded, with his friends and his brothers, to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments, and many weapons.
40. And they rose up against them out of ambush, and they killed them, and there fell many wounded, and the remainder fled into the mountains, and they took all their spoils.
41. And the marriage celebration was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musical instruments into lamentation.
42. And they took revenge for the blood of their brother, and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.
43. And Bacchides heard about this, and he came on the day of the Sabbath all the way to the coast of the Jordan, with a great force.
44. And Jonathan said to his own: "Let us rise up and fight against our enemies. For it is not today, as it was yesterday, or the day before.
45. For behold, the war is before us, and truly, with the water of the Jordan here and there, and the banks, and the marshes, and the woods: there is no place for us to turn aside.
46. Therefore, cry out now to heaven so that you may be freed from the hand of your enemies." And they joined together in warfare.
47. And Jonathan extended his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him in retreat.
48. And Jonathan, and those who were with him, leaped forward into the Jordan, and they swam across the Jordan to them.
49. And there fell from the side of Bacchides on that day one thousand men. And they returned to Jerusalem.
50. And they built fortified cities in Judea: the fortification that was in Jericho, and in Emmaus, and in Bethhoron, and in Bethel, and Timnath, and Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls, and gates, and bars.