1. Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.
2. And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
3. And 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.
4. In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.
5. And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that troubled his people he burnt with fire:
6. And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
7. And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.
8. And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
9. And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.