45 I've come here to give you the city of Ptolemais and the other fortresses and to put you in charge of all the officers and troops. After I've done this, I'll go home. Choose a few troops to go with you and me to Ptolemais, then send the others back to Judea.
46-47 Jonathan believed Trypho and sent all but 3,000 of his soldiers back to Judea. Two thousand of them stayed behind in Galilee, while 1,000 went with Jonathan to Ptolemais.
48 But as soon as he entered the city, its gates were closed. Then he was captured, and his soldiers were killed.
49 Trypho's troops and cavalry went to the Great Valley in Galilee to kill the rest of Jonathan's soldiers.
50 However, when Jonathan's troops heard what had happened to him and the others, they encouraged each other and marched away, ready to fight.
51 Trypho's soldiers and cavalry caught up with them, but they turned back when they realized that the Jews would fight for their lives.
52 After the Jewish soldiers from Galilee returned safely to Judea, the whole nation mourned for Jonathan and his troops. Everyone was terrified