53 Throughout the whole march Judas kept gathering up the stragglers and encouraging the people until they reached the land of Judea.
54 With thanksgiving and rejoicing, they went up to Mount Zion and sacrificed burnt offerings because they had returned safely without the loss of a single person.
55 While Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and their brother Simon was attacking Ptolemais in Galilee,
56 Joseph and Azariah, the commanders of the army in Judea, heard about their brave deeds and victories.
57 They said to one another, “Let us go to war with the Gentiles around us and win some fame for ourselves.”
58 So they and their men attacked Jamnia.
59 Gorgias and his men went out of the town to meet them in battle.