“What is signified by these two leaders, namely Joseph and Azariah, who, stirred by zeal for the virtues of Judas, wished through boastfulness to gain a name for themselves in battles, if not the figure of hypocrites, who seek to imitate the virtues of the saints not with a straightforward intention, but with the pride…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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55Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
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53And Judas gathered together those that came behind, and exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea.
54So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
— 1 Maccabees 5:55 —
56Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done.
57Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.