3:1. Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.
3:2. 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.
3:3. 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.
3:4. In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.
3:5. And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that troubled his people he burnt with fire:
3:6. And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
3:7. And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.
3:8. And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
3:9. And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.
3:10. And Apollonius gathered together the Gentiles, and a numerous and great army from Samaria, to make war against Israel.