1 Maccabees 13:8
King James VersionSource notes
“And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.”
Context
5Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
6Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
7Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
8And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
9Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
10So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
11Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.