1 Maccabees 1:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² He fought many battles, and took the strong holds of all, and slew the kings of the earth:

³ And he went through even to the ends of the earth, and took the spoils of many nations: and the earth was quiet before him.

⁴ And he gathered a power, and a very strong army: and his heart was exalted and lifted up.