1 Maccabees 3:25-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁵ Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell on the nations all around them.^{(A) 26} His fame reached the king, and the nations 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.^(B)