45 For behold, the war is before us, and truly, with the water of the Jordan here and there, and the banks, and the marshes, and the woods: there is no place for us to turn aside.
46 Therefore, cry out now to heaven so that you may be freed from the hand of your enemies." And they joined together in warfare.
47 And Jonathan extended his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him in retreat.
48 And Jonathan, and those who were with him, leaped forward into the Jordan, and they swam across the Jordan to them.
49 And there fell from the side of Bacchides on that day one thousand men. And they returned to Jerusalem.
50 And they built fortified cities in Judea: the fortification that was in Jericho, and in Emmaus, and in Bethhoron, and in Bethel, and Timnath, and Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls, and gates, and bars.
51 And he stationed garrisons in them, so that those in Israel became trained in warfare.