1 Maccabees 7:22-24

Common English Bible

²² All the troublemakers joined him. They gained control of Judah and did great damage in Israel. ²³ Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and those with him had done among the Israelites, exceeding what the Gentiles had done. ²⁴ So Judas went into the surrounding Judean highlands and took vengeance on those who had deserted. He prevented them from going out into the country.