1 Maccabees 3:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² When the spoils of war were collected, Judas took the sword of Apollonius and used it in battle until the day he died.

¹³ Seron, the general of the Syrian forces, learned that Judas had gathered together an army, consisting of a band of loyal men who were ready to fight under his command. ¹⁴ Seron said to himself,