1 Maccabees 5:17-19

Good News Translation

Choose some men and go rescue our fellow Jews in Galilee; our brother Jonathan and I will go to Gilead. ¹⁸ Judas left the rest of his army to defend Judea and put the two leaders, Azariah and Joseph son of Zechariah, in charge of the people. ¹⁹ He told them:
I am leaving you in command here, but don't go out and fight the Gentiles until we get back.