“Signifies that they devote themselves to the tears of regret, so that they may more easily strive to obtain the support of Almighty God, when they seek refuge not elsewhere, but solely in His mercy. Therefore Asphar is interpreted as "he sat" or "ground," because when the heart is healed of vices and is pierced with r…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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33Then Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all that were with him, perceiving that, fled into the wilderness of Thecoe, and pitched their tents by the water of the pool Asphar.
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31Upon this Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up instead of his brother Judas.
32But when Bacchides gat knowledge thereof, he sought for to slay him
— 1 Maccabees 9:33 —
34Which when Bacchides understood, he came near to Jordan with all his host upon the sabbath day.
35Now Jonathan had sent his brother John, a captain of the people, to pray his friends the Nabathites, that they might leave with them their carriage, which was much.