1 Maccabees 10:76
“Then Ionathan laid siege vnto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for feare: & so Ionathan wan Ioppe.”
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1 Maccabees 10:76 Context
74So when Ionathan heard these words of Apollonius, he was moued in his mind, & choosing ten thousand men, he went out of Ierusalē, where Simon his brother met him for to helpe him. 75And hee pitched his tents against Ioppe: but they of Ioppe shut him out of the citie, because Apollonius had a garison there. 76Then Ionathan laid siege vnto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for feare: & so Ionathan wan Ioppe. 77Whereof when Apollonius heard, he tooke three thousand horsemen with a great hoste of footmen, and went to Azotus as one that iourneyed, & therewithal drew him forth into the plaine, because he had a great number of horsemen, in whom he put his trust. 78Then Ionathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies ioyned battell.
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Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.
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