1 Maccabees 13:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And seeing that the people was in dread, and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people:

³ And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:

⁴ By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.