1 Maccabees 3:8

8 He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.

1 Maccabees 3:8 In-Context

6 Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand.

7 He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever.

8 He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.

9 He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing.

10 But Apollonius gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel.