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64 Men gathered to them and praised them.

Success at Hebron and Philistia

65 Then Judas and his brothers went forth and fought the sons of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers round about. 66 Then he marched off to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Mar′isa.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 5:66 Other authorities read Samaria
  2. 5.66, 68 Vulgate has “aliens” and “strangers” for Philistines, and “Samaria” for Marisa; cf. note a.

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