39 Soon they saw a noisy group of travelers with a lot of baggage. It was the bride, with her family and friends. The groom and his friends were coming to meet them, playing drums and musical instruments, and all of them were armed.
40 The Jews attacked from their hiding places, killing and wounding many in the wedding party. Then they took everything of value from the dead, and the others ran off into the hills.
41 A wedding was turnedinto a funeral,and wedding musicinto funeral songs.
42 After Jonathan and Simon had punished the tribe of Jambri, they returned to their camp in the marshes along the Jordan River.
43 But Bacchides found out where they were camped, and on the Sabbath he led a large army to the edge of the river.
44 Jonathan warned his soldiers:Get ready to fight for your lives! We've never been in this much danger before,
45 and there is no way out. The enemy army is both in front of us and behind us, and the river is on one side, and the marshes covered with thornbushes are on the other.