62 And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it.
63 And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea.
64 And he came, and camped above Bethbessen, and fought against it many days, and made engines.
65 But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth into the country: and came with a number of men.
66 And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the children of Phaseron in their tents, and he began to slay, and to increase in forces.
67 But Simon and they that were with him, sallied out of the city, and burnt the engines.
68 And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain.