1 Maccabees 5:63-65
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Victories at Hebron and Azotus. 63 The valiant Judas and his brothers were greatly honored in all Israel and among all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard; 64 and people gathered about them and praised them.
65 (A)Then Judas and his brothers went out and attacked the Edomites in the land toward the south; he took Hebron and its villages, and he destroyed its strongholds and burned the towers around it.
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