1 Maccabees 5:1

1 When the neighboring nations heard that the Jews had built the altar and restored the Temple as it had been before, they were so furious

1 Maccabees 5:1 In-Context

1 When the neighboring nations heard that the Jews had built the altar and restored the Temple as it had been before, they were so furious

2 that they made up their minds to destroy all the Jews who were living among them. So they began to murder and kill our people.

3 The Idumeans were blockading the Israelites, so Judas went to war against them at Akrabattene, crushed them, and looted them.

4 He also dealt with the people of Baean, who were a constant threat to the people of Israel, because they would lie in ambush waiting to trap Israelite travelers.

5 He shut the Baeanites up in their forts, took a solemn oath that he would destroy them, and burned their forts with everyone in them.