1 Maccabees 3:1–9

Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.

²And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.

³And he got his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike armour about him in battles, and protected the camp with his sword.

⁴In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s whelp roaring for his prey.

⁵And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that troubled his people he burnt with fire:

⁶And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.

⁷And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.

⁸And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.

⁹And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.