1 Maccabees 10:76

Then Jonathan laid siege to it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.

Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.

So they fought against it. The people of the city were afraid, and opened to him; and Jonathan became master of Joppa.