1 Maccabees 3:41-43

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴¹ And the merchants of the countries heard the fame of them: and they took silver and gold in abundance, and servants: and they came into the camp, to buy the children of Israel for slaves: and there were joined to them the forces of Syria, and of the land of the strangers.

⁴² And Judas and his brethren saw that evils were multiplied, and that the armies approached to their borders: and they knew the orders the king had given to destroy the people and utterly abolish them.

⁴³ And they said every man to his neighbour: Let us raise up the low condition of our people, and let us fight for our people, and our sanctuary.