1 Maccabees 3:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁵ Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell on the Gentiles all around them. ²⁶ His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.

The Policy of Antiochus

²⁷ When King Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army.