53. and Judas kept gathering the stragglers and encouraging the people the whole way, until he reached the land of Judah.
54. They ascended Mount Zion in joy and gladness and sacrificed burnt offerings, because not one of them had fallen; they had returned in safety.
55. In those days when Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Gilead, and Simon his brother was in Galilee opposite Ptolemais,
56. Joseph, son of Zechariah, and Azariah, the leaders of the army, heard about the brave deeds and the fighting that they were doing.
57. They said, “Let us also make a name for ourselves by going out and fighting against the Gentiles around us.”