1 Maccabees 5:65

Success at Hebron and Philistia

65 At that time, Judas and his brothers headed out and fought Esau's descendants in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, tore down its fortress, and burned its towers all around.

1 Maccabees 5:65 In-Context

63 All Israel and all the Gentiles greatly esteemed Judas and his brothers, wherever their name was heard.

64 People gathered to them and praised them.

65 At that time, Judas and his brothers headed out and fought Esau's descendants in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, tore down its fortress, and burned its towers all around.

66 He then set out to enter the land of the Philistines and passed through Marisa.

67 That day some priests who wished to do a brave deed died in battle because they had gone out to battle unwisely.