1 Maccabees 13:8

8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader in the stead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.

1 Maccabees 13:8 In-Context

6 Doubtless I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary and our wives and our children, for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us out of veritable malice.

7 Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.

8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader in the stead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.

9 Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever thou commandest us, that will we do.

10 So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.