1 Maccabees 11:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle.

²² And when he heard it, he was angry: and forthwith he came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege the castle, but should come to him in haste, and speak to him.

²³ But when Jonathan heard this, he bade them besiege it still: and he chose some of the ancients of Israel, and of the priests, and put himself in danger.