41. Meanwhile Jonathan sent the request to King Demetrius to withdraw the troops in the citadel from Jerusalem and from the other strongholds, for they were constantly waging war on Israel.
42. Demetrius, in turn, sent this word to Jonathan: “I will do not only this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation when I find the opportunity.
43. Now, therefore, you will do well to send men to fight for me, because all my troops have revolted.”
44. So Jonathan sent three thousand good fighting men to him at Antioch. When they came to the king, he was delighted over their arrival.
45. The populace, one hundred and twenty thousand strong, massed in the center of the city in an attempt to kill the king.