58
And they issued orders to the men of the forces that were with them, and they marched against Jamnia.
59
And Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle.
60
Then Joseph and Azariah were routed, and were pursued to the borders of Judea; as many as two thousand of the people of Israel fell that day.
61
Thus the people suffered a great rout because, thinking to do a brave deed, they did not listen to Judas and his brothers.
62
But they did not belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel.
63
The man Judas and his brothers were greatly honored in all Israel and among all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard.
64
Men gathered to them and praised them.
65
Then Judas and his brothers went forth and fought the sons of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers round about.
66
Then he marched off to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Marisa.
67
On that day some priests, who wished to do a brave deed, fell in battle, for they went out to battle unwisely.
68
But Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines; he tore down their altars, and the graven images of their gods he burned with fire; he plundered the cities and returned to the land of Judah.