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1 Maccabees 5:65-67
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 5:65-67
New Catholic Bible
65 Then Judas and his brothers went forth and attacked the descendants of Esau in the country toward the south. He conquered Hebron[a] and its villages, destroying its fortifications and burning down the towers encircling it. 66 He then marched into the land of the Philistines and passed through Marisa. 67 On that day, several priests who inadvisedly went out to fight in their desire to prove their courage fell in battle.
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- 1 Maccabees 5:65 Hebron: the ancient city that David made the capital of his realm for seven years (2 Sam 2:11; 3:2; 5:5). Situated twenty miles south of Jerusalem, but always within the territory of the tribe of Judah, it subsequently fell into the hands of the Edomites.
