1 Maccabees 9:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷ So there was great distress in Israel, the worst since the time when prophets ceased to appear among them.

²⁸ Then the other friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan, ²⁹ “Since your brother Judas died, there hasn’t been anyone like him to fight against our enemies and Bacchides, and to deal with those among our people who hate us.