1 Maccabees 9:48
“Then Ionathan and they that were with him, leapt into Iordan, and swamme ouer vnto the farther banke: howbeit the other passed not ouer Iordan vnto them.”
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1 Maccabees 9:48 Context
46Wherefore cry ye now vnto heauen, that ye may be deliuered from the hand of your enemies. 47With that they ioyned battel, and Ionathan stretched foorth his hand to smite Bacchides, but hee turned backe from him. 48Then Ionathan and they that were with him, leapt into Iordan, and swamme ouer vnto the farther banke: howbeit the other passed not ouer Iordan vnto them. 49So there were slaine of Bacchides side that day about a thousand men 50Afterward returned [Bacchides] to Ierusalem, and repaired the strong cities in Iudea: the fort in Iericho, and Emmaus, and Bethoron, and Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and Taphon (these did he strengthen with high wals, with gates, & with barres.)
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Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan, and swam over unto the other bank: howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them.
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