41 Jonathan marched out to meet him with forty thousand picked fighting men and came to Beth-shan.
42 But when Trypho saw that Jonathan had arrived with a large army he was afraid to do him violence.
43 Instead, he received him with honor, introduced him to all his friends, and gave him presents. He also ordered his friends and soldiers to obey him as they would himself.
44 Then he said to Jonathan: “Why have you put all these people to so much trouble when we are not at war?
45 Now pick out a few men to stay with you, send the rest to their homes, and then come with me to Ptolemais. I will hand it over to you together with other strongholds and the remaining troops, as well as all the officials; then I will turn back and go home. That is why I came here.”
46 Jonathan trusted him and did as he said. He dismissed his troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.
47 But he kept with him three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee while one thousand accompanied him.