1 Maccabees 3:15

So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.

So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.

A mighty army of the ungodly went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the children of Israel.