1 Maccabees 9:45DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 45 of 73
"And behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside."
In context
43And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan with a great power.
44And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.
45And behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.
46Now therefore cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.
47And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.