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Nicanor reached Jerusalem with a large army; he sent Judas and his brothers false messages of friendship saying to them, (1 Maccabees 7, 27)
Jonathan had sent his brother John, representative of the people, to ask their friends the Nabatean to store for them their large amount of baggage. (1 Maccabees 9, 35)
he set out with a large contingent. He secretly sent letters to his supporters in Judea instructing them to seize Jonathan and his men. But their plot was found out and their plan foiled. (1 Maccabees 9, 60)
When Demetrius heard this, he assembled a very large army and marched out to fight him. (1 Maccabees 10, 2)
He commanded the builders to build the walls and the defenses of Mount Zion with hewn stones. And they did so. (1 Maccabees 10, 11)
Demetrius took his general Apollonius, the governor of Coele-Syria, who assembled a large force. He encamped at Jamnia and sent the following message to Jonathan, the high priest: (1 Maccabees 10, 69)
Nor will you be able to withstand the cavalry and so great an army on the plain, where there are no stones or rocks offering a refuge." (1 Maccabees 10, 73)
When Apollonius learned of it, he mobilized three thousand cavalry and a large army. Then he set out towards Azotus, pretending to march through the land, but in fact his troops were spreading out in the direction of the plain, since he had a great number of cavalry on which he relied. (1 Maccabees 10, 77)
When Trypho saw that Jonathan had come with a large army, he was afraid to begin the assault. (1 Maccabees 12, 42)
Meanwhile, Trypho left Ptolemais with a large army to invade Judea, taking Jonathan with him as prisoner. (1 Maccabees 13, 12)
After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a large gold shield weighing a thousand minas to confirm their alliance with the Romans. (1 Maccabees 14, 24)
Since wicked men have seized the kingdom of our fathers, I now intend to recover it and to reestablish it as it was before. I have gathered a very large army and have equipped warships (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
