World English Bible

1 Maccabees 13:9-15 World English Bible (WEB)

9. Fight you our battles, and all that you shall say to us, that will we do.

10. And he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.

11. And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great host, to Joppa: and he cast out them that were therein, and abode there in it

12. And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a mighty host to enter into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him in ward.

13. But Simon encamped at Adida, over against the plain.

14. And Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, and he sent ambassadors to him, saying,

15. It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasure, by reason of the offices which he had, that we hold him fast.