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Judas, with his brothers and the whole assembly of Israel, made it a law that the days of the dedication of the altar should be celebrated yearly at the proper season, for eight days beginning on the twenty-fifth of the month of Chislev, with rejoicing and gladness. (1 Maccabees 4, 59)
When the surrounding nations heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary restored to what it had been before, they became very angry (1 Maccabees 5, 1)
Judas made war on the sons of Esau in Idumaea, in the region of Acrabattene where they were besieging the Israelites. He dealt them a serious blow, drove them off and despoiled them. (1 Maccabees 5, 3)
The troops of Timotheus, recognising that this was Maccabaeus, fled before his advance; Maccabaeus dealt them a crushing defeat; about eight thousand of their men fell that day. (1 Maccabees 5, 34)
So Judas sent an order down the column for everyone to halt where he stood. (1 Maccabees 5, 49)
Judas next turned on Azotus, which belonged to the Philistines; he overthrew their altars, burned the statues of their gods and, having pillaged their towns, withdrew to Judaea. (1 Maccabees 5, 68)
and its very wealthy temple containing golden armour, breastplates and weapons, left there by Alexander son of Philip, the king of Macedon, the first to reign over the Greeks. (1 Maccabees 6, 2)
and that they had pulled down the abomination which he had erected on the altar in Jerusalem, had encircled the sanctuary with high walls as in the past, and had fortified Beth-Zur, one of his cities. (1 Maccabees 6, 7)
Then he went off in a fury. At this, the priests went in again, and stood weeping in front of the altar and the Temple, saying, (1 Maccabees 7, 36)
the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
The fight became desperate, and there were many casualties on both sides. (1 Maccabees 9, 17)
The Jews rushed down on them from their ambush and killed them, inflicting heavy casualties; the survivors escaped to the mountain, leaving their entire baggage train to be captured. (1 Maccabees 9, 40)
