“What does it mean that Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city and himself went out into the region to pursue his adversaries, if not that holy teachers labor inwardly at the virtues, and yet outwardly do not cease to fight against enemies with the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit? But these enemies of…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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65But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth himself into the country, and with a certain number went he forth.
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63Which thing when Bacchides knew, he gathered together all his host, and sent word to them that were of Judea.
64Then went he and laid siege against Bethbasi; and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war.
— 1 Maccabees 9:65 —
66And he smote Odonarkes and his brethren, and the children of Phasiron in their tent.
67And when he began to smite them, and came up with his forces, Simon and his company went out of the city, and burned up the engines of war,