1 Maccabees 10:75
Good News Translation
set up camp outside of Joppa. The men of the city refused to let them in because there was a detachment of Apollonius' troops there, but Jonathan attacked,

New Revised Standard Version
He encamped before Joppa, but the people of the city closed its gates, for Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa.

Contemporary English Version
The two brothers surrounded the town of Joppa, because Apollonius had soldiers there. No one would let them in at first.

New American Bible
He encamped near Joppa, but the people of the city shut him out because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. When they attacked it,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it.

1 Maccabees 10:73
And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?

1 Maccabees 10:74
Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him.

1 Maccabees 10:76
And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.

1 Maccabees 10:77
And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.

Context
1 Maccabees 10
74Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him. 75And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it. 76And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 10:73
And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?

1 Maccabees 10:74
Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him.

1 Maccabees 10:76
And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.

1 Maccabees 10:77
And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.



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1 Maccabees 10:74
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