1 Maccabees 5:21

21 And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.

1 Maccabees 5:21 In-Context

19 And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people: but make no war against the heathens, till we return.
20 Now three thousand men were alloted to Simon, to go into Gallilee: and eight thousand to Judas to go into the land of Galaad.
21 And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
22 And there fell of the heathens almost three thousand men, and he took the spoils of them,
23 And he took with him those that were in Galilee and in Arbatis with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he brought them into Judea with great joy.
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