1 Maccabees 5:63-65

Good News Translation

⁶³ But Judas Maccabeus and his brothers won great respect among all the Israelites and all the Gentiles. When people heard of their fame, ⁶⁴ large crowds gathered to praise them.

⁶⁵ Then Judas and his brothers went to war against the Edomites to the south. He attacked Hebron and its surrounding towns, destroyed its fortifications, and burned down the towers around it.