45. Now pick out a few men to stay with you, send the rest to their homes, and then come with me to Ptolemais. I will hand it over to you together with other strongholds and the remaining troops, as well as all the officials; then I will turn back and go home. That is why I came here.”
46. Jonathan trusted him and did as he said. He dismissed his troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.
47. But he kept with him three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee while one thousand accompanied him.
48. Then as soon as Jonathan entered Ptolemais, the people of Ptolemais closed the gates and seized him; all who had entered with him, they killed with the sword.
49. Then Trypho sent soldiers and cavalry to Galilee and the Great Plain to destroy all Jonathan’s men.
50. These, upon learning that Jonathan had been captured and killed along with his companions, encouraged one another and went out in close formation, ready to fight.
51. As their pursuers saw that they were ready to fight for their lives, they turned back.
52. Thus all Jonathan’s men came safely into the land of Judah. They mourned Jonathan and those who were with him. They were in great fear, and all Israel fell into deep mourning.
53. All the nations round about sought to crush them. They said, “Now that they have no leader or helper, let us make war on them and wipe out their memory from the earth.”