1 Maccabees 11:59-61

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ He appointed Jonathan’s brother Simon governor from the peaks of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.

Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon

⁶⁰ Jonathan traveled through Beyond the River and among the towns. All the Syrian army gathered to him as allies. When he came to Ashkelon, the people of the city met him and honored him. ⁶¹ From there, he went to Gaza, but the people shut him out. So he attacked Gaza and burned and plundered the areas surrounding the city.