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.
After Jonathan becomes the
high priest, Demetrius (Greek) attempts to win back the Jews with offering them
stuff. Jonathan and his supporters do not take the bait and the Hellenizing
Jews are ignored. Jonathan takes to the offer and forms and alliance with Egypt
(Rome) and Jonathan is honored by Alexander. Demetrius appoints Apollonius as
governor to hold Joppa which is crucial to his campaign. Joppa switches sides
and opens the gates to Jonathan. Checkmate.
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.
35 Promises
of God[2]
be unafraid, confident in God,
and focus on receiving these promises for a month and see what happens!
1. “Call on me in the day of trouble; I will
deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
-Ps 50:15
Daily Devotions
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Eat waffles and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
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Monday: Litany of
Humility
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