1 Maccabees 5:23-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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

Judas and Jonathan in Gilead

²⁴ Judas Maccabe′us and Jonathan his brother crossed the Jordan and went three days’ journey into the wilderness. ²⁵ They encountered the Nabate′ans, who met them peaceably and told them all that had happened to their brethren in Gil′ead: