1 Maccabees 5:63-65

Common English Bible

⁶³ All Israel and all the Gentiles greatly esteemed Judas and his brothers, wherever their name was heard. ⁶⁴ People gathered to them and praised them.

Success at Hebron and Philistia

⁶⁵ At that time, Judas and his brothers headed out and fought Esau’s descendants in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, tore down its fortress, and burned its towers all around.