1 Maccabees 7:22-24

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²² and all who were troubling their people joined him. They gained control of the land of Judah and did great damage in Israel. ²³ And Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and those with him had done among the Israelites; it was more than the nations had done. ²⁴ So Judas^[a] went out into all the surrounding parts of Judea, taking vengeance on those who had deserted and preventing those in the city^[b] from going out into the country.