1 Maccabees 5:53

53 Throughout the whole march Judas kept gathering up the stragglers and encouraging the people until they reached the land of Judea.

1 Maccabees 5:53 In-Context

51 Judas had all the men of Ephron put to death, plundered the town, and leveled it. Then he and his army marched through the town over the dead bodies.

52 They crossed the Jordan into the wide plain opposite Beth Shan.

53 Throughout the whole march Judas kept gathering up the stragglers and encouraging the people until they reached the land of Judea.

54 With thanksgiving and rejoicing, they went up to Mount Zion and sacrificed burnt offerings because they had returned safely without a single loss.

55 While Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and their brother Simon was attacking Ptolemais in Galilee,