64
insomuch that the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations.
65
Afterward Judas went forth with his brethren and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south, where he smote Hebron and the towns thereof, and pulled down the fortress of it, and burned the towers thereof round about.
66
From thence he removed to go into the land of the Philistines and passed through Samaria.
67
At that time certain priests, desirous to show their valor, were slain in battle, for they went out to fight unadvisedly.
68
So Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines, and when he had pulled down their altars and burned their carved images with fire, and despoiled their cities, he returned into the land of Judea.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.