8. and they answered with a loud shout, “You are now our leader in place of your brothers Judas and Jonathan.
9. Fight our wars, and we will do whatever you ask.”
10. So Simon gathered together all the soldiers and hurried to complete the walls of Jerusalem and to strengthen all its defences.
11. He sent Jonathan son of Absalom to Joppa with a large army. This Jonathan drove out the people who were there and occupied the town.
12. Trypho left Ptolemais with a large army to invade Judea, taking Simon's brother Jonathan along with him as a prisoner.
13. Simon set up camp at Adida at the edge of the plain.
14. When Trypho learnt that Simon had succeeded his brother Jonathan and that he was ready to meet him in battle, he sent this message to him:
15. “I am holding your brother Jonathan under arrest because while he was in office he did not pay his debts to the royal treasury.
16. However, I will release him if you will pay me three tonnes of silver and send two of his sons as hostages to guarantee that he will not revolt against us when he is released.”