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.
46. So the king took refuge in the palace, while the populace gained control of the main streets of the city and prepared for battle.
47. Then the king called the Jewish force to his aid. They all rallied around him and spread out through the city. On that day they killed about a hundred thousand in the city.
48. At the same time, they set the city on fire and took much spoil. Thus they saved the king.