1 When the neighbouring nations heard that the Jews had built the altar and restored the Temple as it had been before, they were so furious
2 that they made up their minds to destroy all the Jews who were living among them. So they began to murder and kill our people.
3 The Idumeans were blockading the Israelites, so Judas went to war against them at Akrabattene, crushed them, and looted them.
4 He also dealt with the people of Baean, who were a constant threat to the people of Israel, because they used to lie in ambush waiting to trap Israelite travellers.
5 He shut the Baeanites up in their forts, took a solemn oath that he would destroy them, and burnt their forts with everyone in them.
6 Then he marched against the land of Ammon, where he met a large and powerful army under the command of a man named Timothy.
7 Judas won many battles against them and finally defeated them.