1Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
2Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, I, and my brothers, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth to this day fought against the enemies of Yashar'el (Israel); and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Yashar'el (Israel) often.
3But now I am old, and you, by the mercy of Yahuah (God), are of a sufficient age: be you instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.