1 Maccabees 5:1-8

Good News Translation

Wars with Neighboring Nations^(A)

5 When the neighboring nations heard that the Jews had built the altar and restored the Temple as it had been before, they were so furious ² that they made up their minds to destroy all the Jews who were living among them. So they began to murder and kill our people.

³ The Idumeans were blockading the Israelites, so Judas went to war against them at Akrabattene, crushed them, and looted them. ⁴ He also dealt with the people of Baean, who were a constant threat to the people of Israel, because they would lie in ambush waiting to trap Israelite travelers. ⁵ He shut the Baeanites up in their forts, took a solemn oath that he would destroy them, and burned their forts with everyone in them. ⁶ Then he marched against the land of Ammon, where he met a large and powerful army under the command of a man named Timothy. ⁷ Judas won many battles against them and finally defeated them. ⁸ He captured Jazer and its surrounding villages and then returned to Judea.