18. And Judas fell, and the others fled away.
19. And Jonathan and Simon carried Judas, their brother, and they buried him in the sepulcher of their fathers, in the city of Modin.
20. And all the people of Israel wept for him with a great wailing, and they mourned him for many days.
21. And they said, "Such a powerful man has fallen, who accomplished the salvation of the people of Israel!"
22. But the rest of the words, about the wars of Judas, and the virtuous acts that he did, and his magnitude, have not been written. For they were very many.
23. And it happened that, after the death of Judas, the iniquitous began to emerge in all the parts of Israel, and they began to encourage all those who worked iniquity.
24. In those days, there occurred a very great famine, and the entire region handed itself over to Bacchides.
25. And Bacchides chose impious men, and he appointed them as rulers of the region.
26. And they sought out and persecuted the friends of Judas, and they led them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and abused them.
27. And there occurred a great tribulation in Israel, such as had never been, since the day that there was no prophet seen in Israel.
28. And all the friends of Judas gathered together, and they said to Jonathan: