63. And the man Judas and his brethren were glorified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard of;
64. and men gathered together to them, acclaiming them.
65. And Judas and his brethren went forth, and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south; and he struck Hebron and the villages thereof, and pulled down the strongholds thereof, and burned the towers thereof round about.
66. And he removed to go into the land of the Philistines, and he went through Samaria.
67. In that day certain priests, desiring to do exploits there, were slain in battle, when as he went out to battle unadvisedly.
68. And Judas turned aside to Azotus, to the land of the Philistines, and pulled down their altars, and burned the carved images of their gods with fire, and took the spoil of their cities, and returned into the land of Judah.