1 Maccabees 5:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ Judas had many battles with them, beat them severely, and struck them down. ⁸ He also captured Jazer and its villages. Then he went back to Judea.

Liberation of Galilean Jews

⁹ Then the Gentiles in Gilead gathered together against the Israelites who lived in their territory, planning to destroy them. So the Jews fled to the fortress of Dathema.