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This is why in the seventh month of the year one hundred and sixty (152 B.C.), on the occasion of the feast of Tabernacles, Jonathan put on the sacred vestments. He also recruited troops and manufactured a great quantity of arms. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
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)
King Demetrius was able to place the kingdom under his rule and no one dared oppose him, so he dismissed his army, sent all the men back to their homes, except the foreign troops he had recruited from the islands of the pagans. And this drew the hatred of all the troops who had served his fathers. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
Meanwhile, Jonathan asked King Demetrius to withdraw the troops from the Citadel in Jerusalem and to call back the garrisons from the fortresses, since they were always fighting Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 41)
and the troops discharged by Demetrius rallied to him and fought against Demetrius who had to flee. (1 Maccabees 11, 55)
So the troops who had abandoned him came back to his side, and together they pursued the enemies as far as Kadesh where the enemy camp was, and there they, too, pitched camp. (1 Maccabees 11, 73)
When the enemies learned that Jonathan was keeping watch with his troops and ready for battle, they were afraid and discouraged; for this reason, they kindled fires in their camp and fled. (1 Maccabees 12, 28)
So he received Jonathan with honor, presented him to all his Friends, gave him gifts, and instructed his Friends and his troops to obey Jonathan as they obeyed him. (1 Maccabees 12, 43)
Send them back to their homes and remain here with some of them. Then you will come with me to the city of Ptolemais because I wish to hand it over to you, as well as the other fortresses and to place the rest of the troops and their officers at your disposal. Then, I will return home, for I have come only for this." (1 Maccabees 12, 45)
Trypho sent troops and cavalry to Galilee and to the Great Plain to wipe out all of Jonathan's men. (1 Maccabees 12, 49)
John, son of Simon, had come to manhood, so his father appointed him general in command of all the troops, and John lived in Gazara. (1 Maccabees 13, 53)
In the year one hundred and seventy-four, Antiochus marched out to the land of his fathers, and all the troops rallied to him, so that only a few remained with Trypho. (1 Maccabees 15, 10)
