1 Maccabees 5:23-25

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²³ Then he took the Jews^[a] of Galilee and Arbatta, with their wives and children, and all they possessed and led them to Judea with great rejoicing.^(A)

Judas and Jonathan in Gilead

²⁴ Judas Maccabeus and his brother Jonathan crossed the Jordan and made three days’ journey into the wilderness.^{(B) 25} They encountered the Nabateans, who met them peaceably and told them all that had happened to their kindred in Gilead:^(C)