42. Demetrius replied: “I will do what you request, and when the opportunity presents itself, I will bestow upon you and your nation the highest honours.
43. But now you can help me by sending soldiers to fight for me, because all my troops have revolted.”
44. So Jonathan sent 3,000 trained soldiers to Antioch. The king was delighted when they arrived,
45. because a mob of 120,000 had gathered in the city determined to kill him.