2 Maccabees 8:1-2

Common English Bible

Judas the Maccabee revolts

8 Judas, also named the Maccabee, and his companions went secretly into the villages and called together their relatives and those who continued to follow Judaism, enlisting a force of about six thousand soldiers. ² They called on the Lord to look on the people who were oppressed by all, to take pity on the temple that was degraded by ungodly people,