1 Maccabees 15:39-41

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁹ He commanded him to encamp against Judea, and commanded him to build up Kedron and fortify its gates, and to make war on the people; but the king pursued Trypho. ⁴⁰ So Cendebe′us came to Jam′nia and began to provoke the people and invade Judea and take the people captive and kill them. ⁴¹ He built up Kedron and stationed there horsemen and troops, so that they might go out and make raids along the highways of Judea, as the king had ordered him.