1 Maccabees 5:60-62

Good News Translation

⁶⁰ They defeated Joseph and Azariah and pursued them as far as the borders of Judea. At least 2,000 Israelite men were killed that day. ⁶¹ This great defeat came about because the Jewish commanders wanted to be heroes and refused to obey Judas and his brothers. ⁶² Besides, they did not belong to the family of the Maccabees, whom God had chosen to bring freedom to the people of Israel.