1 Maccabees 9:27-29

New Catholic Bible

²⁷ There was great distress^[a] in Israel, the likes of which had not been since the days when the prophets ceased to appear among them.

²⁸ Then all the friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan, ²⁹ “Since the death of your brother Judas there has been no one like him to lead us against our enemies and Bacchides, as well as against those of our own nation who are hostile to us.