1 Maccabees 5:53

53 And Judas kept rallying the laggards and encouraging the people all the way till he came to the land of Judah.

1 Maccabees 5:53 In-Context

51 He destroyed every male by the edge of the sword, and razed and plundered the city. Then he passed through the city over the slain.

52 And they crossed the Jordan into the large plain before Beth-shan.

53 And Judas kept rallying the laggards and encouraging the people all the way till he came to the land of Judah.

54 So they went up to Mount Zion with gladness and joy, and offered burnt offerings, because not one of them had fallen before they returned in safety.

55 Now while Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and Simon his brother was in Galilee before Ptolemais,