## The Book of Maccabees I Chapter 5

###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:1
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:1)

וישמעו הגויים מסביב כי הוקם המזבח, וכי טיהרו את המקדש כבראשונה, וייחר אפם במאוד מאוד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:2
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:2)

ויוועצו יחדו להכרית ולעקור את כל עדת יעקב, ויחלו לשלוח יד ביהודים אשר בגבולם וימיתום.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:3
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:3)

ויהודה יצא לקראת ארץ אדום למלחמה על בני עשו, וייפול עליהם במעלה עקרבים אשר חנו שם על בני ישראל, ויך בהם מכה רבה, וייקח את שללם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:4
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:4)

וגם יושבי בית און היו למוקש ולמארב לישראל על הדרך, וימיתו רבים מהם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Also he remembered the injury of the children of Bean, who had been a snare and an offence unto the people, in that they lay in wait for them in the ways.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:5
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:5)

ויפקוד יהודה עליהם את פשעם, ויצבא על המגדלים אשר היו בם ויחרימם, וישרוף אותם וכל האנשים אשר בתוכם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
He shut them up therefore in the towers, and encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned the towers of that place with fire, and all that were therein.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:6
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:6)

ומשם פנה מול בני עמון עם גיבורי חיל למלחמה, וימצאם חמושים, ושם שר צבאם טימוטיוס.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:7
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:7)

ויעש אתם מלחמות רבות ויוכל להם, וילכוד את יעזר ואת בנותיה וישב אל ארץ יהודה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were discomfited before him; and he smote them. And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:8
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:8)

ויהי בעת ההיא ויקומו גם יושבי גלעד על היהודים אשר בארצם לכלותם, וימלטו אל מבצר דימון.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:9
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:9)

וישלחו ספרים אל יהודה ואל אחיו לאמור.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:10
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:10)

כל הגויים אשר סביבותינו שתו עלינו לכלותנו וטימוטיוס בראשם, ועתה הם צרים על המבצר אשר נמלטנו שם להבקיעהו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us: And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we are fled, Timotheus being captain of their host.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:11
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:11)

לכן חושה נא לעזרתנו למען הצילנו מידם כי רבים ממנו נפלו בחרב.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Come now therefore, and deliver us from their hands, for many of us are slain:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:12
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:12)

וגם מאחינו היושבים בארץ טוב המיתו כאלף נפש, ואת נשיהם וטפם הוליכו בשבי, ויבוזו את שללם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:13
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:13)

ויהי הם קוראים עוד את המכתב, והנה מלאכים באים מן הגליל ומדיהם קרועים, ויגידו חדשות כאלה ויאמרו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
While these letters were yet reading, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:14
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:14)

הנה הגויים מכל הערים מסביב מעכו ומצור ומצידון וכל יושבי הגליל קמו עלינו להשמידנו ותמלא הארץ אותם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And said, They of Ptolemais, and of Tyrus, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles, are assembled together against us to consume us.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:15
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:15)

ויהי כשמוע יהודה ואנשיו את הדברים האלה ויועצו לב יחדו מה לעשות להושיע את אחיהם במבוכה הזאת.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when Judas and the people heard these words, there assembled a great congregation together, to consult what they should do for their brethren, that were in trouble, and assaulted of them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:16
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:16)

ויצווה יהודה את אחיו את שמעון ויאמר בחר לך אנשים ולך אל הגליל להושיע את אחינו, ואני ויונתן אחי ניסע אל הגלעד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Galaad.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:17
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:17)

וישם את יוסף בן זכריה ואת עזריה לנציבים אל שארית העם ועל אנשי המלחמה, ויפקד את ארץ יהודה על ידם לשמרה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the people, with the remnant of the host in Judea to keep it.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:18
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:18)

ויצווה אתם לאמור, שפטו את העם, אך הישמרו לכם ואל תצאו למלחמה על הגויים עד שובי אליכם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Take ye the charge of this people, and see that ye make not war against the heathen until the time that we come again.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:19
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:19)

ויחלק שמעון שלושת אלפים איש אבירי לב ללכת אל הגליל, ויהודה שם את פעמיו הגלעד, ומספר פקודיו שמונת אלפים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:20
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:20)

ויהי בבוא שמעון אל הגליל, וילחם מלחמות רבות את הגויים, ותכבד ידו עליהם ויכם וירדפם עד פתח שערי עכו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then went Simon into Galilee, where he fought many battles with the heathen, so that the heathen were discomfited by him. And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolemais;


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:21
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:21)

ויפלו כשלושת אלפים נפש מן הגויים וישלול את שללם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
and there were slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:22
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:22)

ואת אחיו אשר בגליל ובארפד לקח וינהג אתם ואת נשיהם וטפם ואת כל רכושם אל ארץ יהודה, וילכו אתו שמחים וטובי לב.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And those that were in Galilee, and in Arbattis, with their wives and their children, and all that they had, took he away with him, and brought them into Judea with great joy.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:23
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:23)

ויהודה המכבי ויונתן אחיו עברו את הירדן וילכו דרך שלושת ימים במדבר.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Judas Maccabeus also and his brother Jonathan went over Jordan, and travelled three days’ journey in the wilderness,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:24
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:24)

ויפגשו את אנשי נבו ויקראו להם לשלום, ויספרו לו את הקורות את אחיהם בארץ הגלעד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Where they met with the Nabathites, who came unto them in a peaceable manner, and told them every thing that had happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:25
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:25)

כי הוליכו הגויים אותם בשבי ויכלאום בבצרה ובבצר ובעלמון ובחשבון ובמקד ובקרניים, ערים גדולות ובצורות מאוד, וגם רבים מהם אסורים בערי הגלעד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And how that many of them were shut up in Bosora, and Bosor, and Alema, Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim; all these cities are strong and great: And that they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the country of Galaad,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:26
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:26)

וכי נוסדו יחד להתנפל למחרתו על המבצרים האלה להבקיעם ולכלותם ביום אחד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
and that against to morrow they had appointed to bring their host against the forts, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:27
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:27)

ויפן יהודה פתאום עם כל חילו, וילך דרך מדבר בצר, וייפול על העיר וילכוד אותה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto Bosora; and when he had won the city,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:28
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:28)

ויהרוג את כל זכורה לפי חרב ויבוז את שללה, ואת העיר הצית באש, ובעוד לילה קרב אל המבצר.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
he slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire, From whence he removed by night, and went till he came to the fortress.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:29
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:29)

הבוקר אור ויישאו את עיניהם ויראו והנה המון גדול עד אין מספר נושאים סולמות וכל כלי משחית לעלות על המבצר ולתפשו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And betimes in the morning they looked up, and, behold, there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take the fortress: for they assaulted them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:30
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:30)

וירא יהודה כי החלה המלחמה, ונאקת אנשי העיר וקול התרועה גדלו עד לב השמים, ויעורר את רוח אנשיו להילחם בעד נפש אחיהם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound, He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:31
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:31)

ויחץ את עמו לשלשה ראשים, ואחרי נושאם את קולם אל ה' תקעו בשופרות ויתגרו באויביהם מאחור.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets, and cried with prayer.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:32
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:32)

ויהי כי הכירו אנשי טימוטיוס את יהודה בעקבם, וינוסו מפניו, ויך בהם מכה גדולה, ויפלו מהם ביום ההוא כשמונת אלפים נפש.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:33
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:33)

ויפן משם יהודה וייסע מול מצפה, ויערוך לקראתה ויתפשה, ויהרוג את כל זכורה ויבוז את שלל העיר, וייצת אש בקרבה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha; and after he had assaulted it he took and slew all the males therein, and received the spoils thereof and burnt it with fire.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:34
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:34)

ואחרי כן שם פעמיו אל חשבון ובצרה ומקדה ואל יתר ערי הגלעד ויפלו בידו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:35
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:35)

ויהי אחר הדברים האלה ויאסוף טימוטיוס עוד חיל, ויחן על רבה מעבר לנחל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
After these things gathered Timotheus another host and encamped against Raphon beyond the brook.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:36
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:36)

וישלח יהודה מרגלים לתור את מחנה האויב, וישובו ויאמרו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:37
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:37)

הנה כל הגויים מסביב נקבצו יחד ויכסו את עין הארץ.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:38
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:38)

וכל חיל ערב אתם אשר שכרו בכסף, וכל העם חלוצי מלחמה חונים מעבר לנחל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
He hath also hired the Arabians to help them and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:39
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:39)

וטימטיוס אמר אל שרי צבאו לאמור: זה לנו האות.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then Timotheus said unto the captains of his host, When Judas and his host come near the brook,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:40
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:40)

אם עבור יעבור יהודה את הנחל ולא יירא מגשת אלינו, לא נוכל לו כי עצום הוא ממנו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
if he pass over first unto us, we shall not be able to withstand him; for he will mightily prevail against us:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:41
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:41)

אולם כי יירא לעבור ותחתיו יעמוד, ועברנו אנחנו כי יכול נוכל לו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
But if he be afraid, and camp beyond the river, we shall go over unto him, and prevail against him.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:42
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:42)

ויהי כי קרב יהודה אל הנחל ויצג את שוטרי העם על שפת הנחל ויצווה אתם לאמור, האיצו בכל העם לעבור למלחמה, ולא יוותר איש במחנה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when Judas came near the brook, he caused the scribes of the people to remain by the brook: unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Suffer no man to remain in the camp, but let all come to the battle.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:43
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:43)

ויעבור הוא ראשונה וכל העם אחריו, ויינגפו כל הגויים לפניהם וישליכו איש איש את חרבו, ויברחו אל בית גלוליהם אשר בקרניים להימלט על נפשם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him: then all the heathen, being discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:44
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:44)

ויתפוש יהודה את העיר, וישרוף את בית העשתרות וכל אשר בתוכו, ויהרוס את קרניים עד היסוד בה, ולא יכלו להתייצב לפני יהודה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
But they took the city, and burned the temple with all that were therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before Judas.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:45
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:45)

ויקבוץ אחרי כן כל איש ישראל אשר בגלעד למקטון ועד גדול, הם ונשיהם וטפם וכל רכושם, לשוב אל ארץ יהודה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:46
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:46)

ויהי בהיותם בדרך, ויפגעו בעיר גדולה ובצורה היא עפרון, ואין דרך לנטות ימין ושמאל בלתי עבור בתוכה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:47
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:47)

ויסגרו אנשי העיר בעדם, ואת מבואי העיר מלאו אבנים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:48
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:48)

וישלח להם יהודה דברי שלום לאמור.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:49
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:49)

נעברה נא בעירכם לשוב אל ארצנו, לא ירע לכם איש, רק אין דבר בלתי עבור ברגלינו. ויקשו את ערפם ולא נתנום לעבור.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:50
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:50)

ויצווה יהודה לכל אנשיו לערוך מערכה לקראת העיר איש איש על דגלו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore Judas commanded a proclamation to be made throughout the host, that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:51
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:51)

ויחלצו ויסעו לקראתה וילחמו בה כל היום ההוא וכל הלילה, עד נתנה האלוהים בידם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted the city all that day and all that night, till at the length the city was delivered into his hands:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:52
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:52)

ויך יהודה את כל זכורה לפי חרב, ויבוז את העיר ויעשה תל עולם, וילכו על פגרי מתיהם עד אשר עברו את הירדן, ויבואו בערבה מול בית שאן.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and raised the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:53
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:53)

ויקבץ יהודה את הנחלשים בעם, וידבר על לבם כל הדרך עד בואם אל ארץ יהודה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan. And Judas gathered together those that came behind, and exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:54
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:54)

ויעלו כולם בשמחה על הר ציון, ויקריבו עולות לה' יען כי לא נעדר מהם איש עד שובם אל ארץ אחזתם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:55
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:55](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:55)

ויהי בהיות יהודה ויונתן בארץ הגלעד ושמעון אחיהם בגליל לצור על עכו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:56
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:56](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:56)

ויוסף בן זכריה ועזריה שמעו את כל הגדולות אשר עשו ויאמרו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done. Wherefore they said,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:57
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:57](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:57)

למה נגרע מעשות לנו שם בארץ כאחינו, הבה נלחמה גם אנחנו את הגויים אשר סביבותינו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:58
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:58](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:58)

ויצוו את אנשי מלחמתם להיחלץ, ויצאו לקראת יבנה למלחמה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So when they had given charge unto the garrison that was with them, they went toward Jamnia.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:59
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:59](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:59)

ויסע גורגיאש וחילו לקראתם ויניסם עד גבולי ארץ יהודה, ויפקדו מהם כאלפים איש, ותהי מהומה גדולה בישראל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them. And so it was, that Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there were slain that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:60
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:60](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:60)

יען אשר לא שמעו לקול יהודה ואחיו ויחשבו לעשות נפלאות, והם לא היו מזרע האנשים אשר בחר ה' בהם לתת בידם תשועה לעמו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel, because they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren, but thought to do some valiant act. Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:61
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:61](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:61)

וליהודה ולאנשיו היה יקר וגדלה נגד כל קהל ישראל ונגד כל הגויים אשר שמעו את שמעם ויבאו ויברכו אותם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Howbeit the man Judas and his brethren were greatly renowned in the sight of all Israel, and of all the heathen, wheresoever their name was heard of; Insomuch as the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:62
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:62](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:62)

ויהי אחרי כן ויצא יהודה ואחיו להלחם בבני עשו היושבים בארץ מנגב וילכדו את חברון ואת בנותיה, ויהרסו את המבצר ואת המגדלים מסביב שרפו באש.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Afterward went Judas 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.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:63
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:63](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:63)

ויפנו משם ויסעו אל גלילות הגויים, ויעברו את שומרון.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
From thence he removed to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Samaria.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:64
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:64](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:64)

ביום ההוא נפלו מן הכוהנים אשר נשאם רוחם להראות את כוחם וילכו להלחם בלי דעת.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
At that time certain priests, desirous to shew their valour, were slain in battle, for that they went out to fight unadvisedly.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 5:65
[The Book of Maccabees I 5:65](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/5:65)

ויעתק יהודה משם את מחנהו מול אשדוד בגלילי הגויים, וייתוץ את המזבחות, ואת פסילי אלוהיהם שרף באש ואחרי קחתו את שלל הערים שב אל ארץ יהודה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So Judas turned to Azotus in the land of the Philistines, and when he had pulled down their altars, and burned their carved images with fire, and spoiled their cities, he returned into the land of Judea.