9:24. In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides.
9:25. And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country:
9:26. And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.
9:27. And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.
9:28. And all the friends of Judas came together, and said to Jonathan:
9:29. Since thy brother Judas died there is not a man like him to go forth against our enemies, Bacchides, and them that are the enemies of our nation.
9:30. Now, therefore, we have chosen thee this day to be our prince, and captain, in his stead, to fight our battles.
9:31. So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up in the place of Judas, his brother
9:32. And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him.
9:33. And Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake Asphar,