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,
56
Joseph, the son of Zechariah, and Azariah, the commanders of the forces, heard of their brave deeds and of the heroic war they had fought.
57
So they said, "Let us also make a name for ourselves; let us go and make war on the Gentiles around us."
58
And they issued orders to the men of the forces that were with them, and they marched against Jamnia.
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