1 Maccabees 5:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captains of the people with the remnant of the army in Judea to keep it:

¹⁹ And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people: but make no war against the heathens, till we return.

²⁰ Now three thousand men were allotted to Simon, to go into Galilee: and eight thousand to Judas to go into the land of Galaad.