The Praise of Wisdom

Jonathan was enraged at the lawless men who had counseled him to come into the country and he killed many of them. He struck down Odamera and his brothers and the sons of Fassiran in their tents. Then Simon and his men sallied out from the city and set fire to the machines of war. They fought with Baccades and he was crushed by them. Jonathan turned and departed to his own land and came no more into their territory. Thus, the sword ceased from Israel and Jonathan dwelt in McMosh. And Jonathan began to judge the people and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel. In the book of Sirach, chapter 24, The