March 9, 2026 (Gregorian calendar/3rd month/Day 67)
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1 Maccabees 11:38-74
38 When King Demetrius saw that the land was peaceful under his rule and that he had no opposition, he dismissed his entire army, each to his own home, except the foreign troops which he had hired from the islands of the nations. So all the soldiers who had served under his predecessors became hostile to him.
39 When a certain Trypho, who had previously supported Alexander, saw that all the troops were grumbling against Demetrius, he went to Imalkue the Arabian, who was raising Alexander’s young son Antiochus.
40 Trypho kept urging Imalkue to hand over the boy to him, so that he might succeed his father as king. He told him of all that Demetrius had done and of the hostility his soldiers had for him; and he remained there for many days.
41 Meanwhile Jonathan sent the request to King Demetrius to withdraw the troops in the citadel from Jerusalem and from the other strongholds, for they were constantly waging war on Israel.
42 Demetrius, in turn, sent this word to Jonathan: “I will do not only this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation when I find the opportunity.
43 Now, therefore, you will do well to send men to fight for me, because all my troops have revolted.”
44 So Jonathan sent three thousand good fighting men to him at Antioch. When they came to the king, he was delighted over their arrival.
45 The populace, one hundred and twenty thousand strong, massed in the center of the city in an attempt to kill the king.
46 So the king took refuge in the palace, while the populace gained control of the main streets of the city and prepared for battle.
47 Then the king called the Jewish force to his aid. They all rallied around him and spread out through the city. On that day they killed about a hundred thousand in the city.
48 At the same time, they set the city on fire and took much spoil. Thus they saved the king.
49 When the populace saw that the Jewish force controlled the city, they lost courage and cried out to the king in supplication,
50 “Extend the hand of friendship to us, and make the Jews stop attacking us and the city.”
51 So they threw down their weapons and made peace. The Jews thus gained honor in the eyes of the king and all his subjects, and they became renowned throughout his kingdom. Finally they returned to Jerusalem with much plunder.
52 But when King Demetrius was sure of his royal throne, and the land was peaceful under his rule,
53 he broke all his promises and became estranged from Jonathan. Instead of repaying Jonathan for all the favors he had received from him, he caused him much distress.
Alliance of Jonathan and Antiochus VI.
54 After this, Trypho returned and brought with him the young boy Antiochus, who became king and put on the diadem.
55 All the soldiers whom Demetrius had discharged rallied around Antiochus and fought against Demetrius, who was routed and fled.
56 Trypho captured the elephants and occupied Antioch.
57 Then young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan: “I confirm you in the high priesthood and appoint you ruler over the four districts, and to be one of the King’s Friends.”
58 He also sent him gold dishes and a table service, gave him the right to drink from gold cups, to dress in royal purple, and to wear a gold buckle.
59 Likewise, he made Jonathan’s brother Simon governor of the region from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
verse 59: Ladder of Tyre: modern Ras en-Naqurah,
where the mountains reach the sea,
so that the coastal road must ascend in a series of steps.
Thus the Maccabees controlled the coastal area from Syria to Egypt.
Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon.
60 Jonathan set out and traveled through the province of West-of-Euphrates and its cities, and all the forces of Syria espoused his cause as allies. When he arrived at Askalon, the citizens welcomed him with pomp.
verse 60: The province of West-of-Euphrates:
refers here to the territory of Palestine and Coelesyria,
but not Upper Syria
61 But when he set out for Gaza, the people of Gaza shut him out. So he besieged it, and burned and plundered its suburbs.
62 Then the people of Gaza appealed to Jonathan, and he granted them terms of peace. He took the sons of their leaders as hostages and sent them to Jerusalem. He then traveled on through the province as far as Damascus.
63 Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius had come with a strong force to Kadesh in Galilee, intending to remove him from office.
64 So he went to meet them, leaving his brother Simon in the province.
65 Simon encamped against Beth-zur, attacked it for many days, and shut in the inhabitants.
66 They appealed to him, and he granted them terms of peace. He expelled them from the city, took possession of it, and put a garrison there.
67 Meanwhile, Jonathan and his army pitched their camp near the waters of Gennesaret, and at daybreak they went to the plain of Hazor.
verse 67: Plain of Hazor:
the site of the ancient Canaanite city (Jos 11:10),
ten miles north of the Lake of Gennesaret.
Joshua 11:10
(1599 Geneva Bible)
At that time also Joshua turned back, and took Hazor,
and smote the King thereof with the sword:
for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
68 There the army of the foreigners met him on the plain. Having first detached an ambush in the mountains, this army mounted a frontal attack.
69 Then those in ambush rose out of their places and joined in the battle.
70 All of Jonathan’s men fled; no one stayed except the army commanders Mattathias, son of Absalom, and Judas, son of Chalphi.
71 Jonathan tore his clothes, threw dust on his head, and prayed.
72 Then he went back to the battle and routed them, and they fled.
73 Those of his men who were running away saw it and returned to him; and with him they pursued the enemy as far as their camp in Kadesh, and there they encamped.
74 About three thousand of the foreign troops fell on that day. Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.
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