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1 Maccabees 5:22-24
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 5:22-24
New Catholic Bible
22 He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais. About three thousand of the Gentiles were slain, and he gathered their spoils. 23 Then he took back with him the Jews who were in Galilee and Arbatta,[a] with their wives and children and all their possessions, and he brought them to Judea with great rejoicing.
24 Meanwhile, Judas Maccabeus and his brother Jonathan crossed the Jordan and journeyed for three days through the desert.
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- 1 Maccabees 5:23 Arbatta: a site near the Sea of Galilee or the Arabah depression south of the Dead Sea (Deut 1:7; Jos 11:16).
