17 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 Gil´e-ad.
18 So he left Joseph the son of Zachari´as, and Azari´as, captains of the people, with the remnant of the host in Judea to keep it.
19 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.
20 Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Gil´e-ad.
21 Then went Simon into Galilee, where he fought many battles with the heathen, so that the heathen were discomfited by him.
22 And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolema´is; and there were slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took.
23 And those that were in Galilee, and in Arbat´tis, with their wives and their children, and all that they had, took he away with him, and brought them into Judea with great joy.