Therefore do not be afraid of them.
1 Maccabees, Chapter 10, Verse 75-76
75 He
encamped near Joppa, but the people of the city shut him out because Apollonius
had a garrison in Joppa. When they attacked it, 76 the people of the city became afraid
and opened the gates, and so Jonathan took possession of Joppa.
Demetrius
tried to win back his father's throne (147), and Apollonius Taos, governor of
Cœle-Syria, who probably had joined Demetrius, challenged Jonathan to battle,
saying that the Jews might for once leave the mountains and venture out into
the plain. Thereupon Jonathan and Simeon appeared, with 10,000 men, before
Joppa, where the forces of Apollonius lay and the gates of which were opened to
them out of fear. Reinforced from
Azotus, Apollonius appeared with 3,000 men in the plain, relying on his
cavalry, and forced Jonathan to engage in battle. The missiles of the horsemen
rebounded from the shields of Simeon's men, who successfully resisted the
enemy's onslaughts. Jonathan in the meantime vanquished the infantry, scattered
it in wild flight, and pursued it to Azotus, which city he took by assault,
burning it and its villages, including the Temple of Dagon.
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