20. And they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said,
21. How is the mighty fallen, the savior of Israel!
22. And the rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, they are not written; for they were exceeding many.
23. And it came to pass after the death of Judas, that the lawless put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and all they that wrought iniquity rose up
24. (in those days there was an exceeding great famine), and the country went over with them.
25. And Bacchides chose out the ungodly men, and made them lords of the country.
26. And they sought out and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them, and used them despitefully.
27. And there was great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the time that no prophet appeared to them.
28. And all the friends of Judas were gathered together, and they said to Jonathan,
29. Since your brother Judas has died, we have no man like him to go forth against our enemies and Bacchides, and among them of our nation that hate us.
30. Now therefore we have chosen you this day to be our prince and leader in his stead, that you may fight our battles.
31. And Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the stead of his brother Judas.
32. And Bacchides knew it, and he sought to kill him.
33. And Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all that were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoah, and encamped by the water of the pool Asphar.
34. And Bacchides knew it on the Sabbath day, and came, he and all his army, over Jordan.
35. And Jonathan sent his brother, a leader of the multitude, and implored his friends the Nabathaeans, that they might leave with them their baggage, which was much.
36. And the children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went their way with it.
37. But after these things they brought word to Jonathan and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri were making a great marriage, and were bringing the bride from Nadabath with a great train, a daughter of one of the great nobles of Canaan.
38. And they remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain:
39. and they lifted up their eyes, and saw, and, behold, a great ado and much baggage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and his brethren, to meet them with timbrels, and minstrels, and many weapons.