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Yet, dismayed as he was, he said to those who were left, 'Up! Let us face the enemy; we may yet have the strength to fight them.' (1 Maccabees 9, 8)
The army marched out of camp and drew up, facing the enemy. The cavalry was drawn up in two squadrons; the slingers and archers marched in the van of the army, and all the best fighters were put in the front rank; (1 Maccabees 9, 11)
whereupon Jonathan and his men leapt into the Jordan and swam to the other bank; the enemy did not, however, cross the Jordan in pursuit. (1 Maccabees 9, 48)
Jerusalem will be sacred and exempt, with its territory, from tithes and dues. (1 Maccabees 10, 31)
Jonathan knew of this enemy position behind him; the horsemen surrounded his army, firing their arrows into his men from morning till evening. (1 Maccabees 10, 80)
The enemy losses, counting those who fell by the sword and those burnt to death, totalled about eight thousand men. (1 Maccabees 10, 85)
We confirm them in their possession of the territory of Judaea and the three districts of Aphairema, Lydda and Ramathaim; these were annexed to Judaea from Samaritan territory, with all their dependencies, in favour of all who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the royal dues which the king formerly received from them every year, from the yield of the soil and the fruit crops. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
Then he returned to the fight and routed the enemy, who fled. (1 Maccabees 11, 72)
When the fugitives from his own forces saw this, they came back to him and joined in the pursuit as far as Kadesh where the enemy encampment was, and there they themselves pitched camp. (1 Maccabees 11, 73)
He therefore left Jerusalem and went to engage them in the area of Hamath, not giving them the time to invade his own territory. (1 Maccabees 12, 25)
He sent spies into their camp, who told him on their return that the enemy were taking up positions for a night attack on the Jews. (1 Maccabees 12, 26)
On learning that Jonathan and his men were ready to fight, the enemy took fright and, with quaking hearts, lit fires in their bivouac and decamped. (1 Maccabees 12, 28)
