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And there he remained for many days, subject to deep and recurrent fits of melancholy, until he realised that he was dying. (1 Maccabees 6, 9)
I have been wondering how I could have come to such a pitch of distress, so great a flood as that which now engulfs me -- I who was so generous and well-loved in my heyday. (1 Maccabees 6, 11)
But now I recall how wrongly I acted in Jerusalem when I seized all the vessels of silver and gold there and ordered the extermination of the inhabitants of Judah for no reason at all. (1 Maccabees 6, 12)
Judas decided that they must be destroyed, and he mobilised the whole people to besiege them. (1 Maccabees 6, 19)
They advanced through Idumaea and besieged Beth-Zur, pressing the attack for days on end; they also constructed siege-engines, but the defenders made a sortie and set these on fire, putting up a brave resistance. (1 Maccabees 6, 31)
At this, Judas left the Citadel and pitched camp at Beth-Zechariah opposite the royal encampment. (1 Maccabees 6, 32)
The king rose at daybreak and marched his army at top speed down the road to Beth-Zechariah, where his forces took up their battle formations and sounded the trumpets. (1 Maccabees 6, 33)
Judas and his army advanced to give battle, and six hundred of the king's army were killed. (1 Maccabees 6, 42)
he darted in under the elephant, thrust at it from underneath, and killed it. The beast collapsed on top of him, and he died on the spot. (1 Maccabees 6, 46)
The royal army moved up to encounter them outside Jerusalem, and the king began to blockade Judaea and Mount Zion. (1 Maccabees 6, 48)
But they had no food in their stores since it was the seventh year, and because those who had taken refuge in Judaea from the gentiles had eaten up the last of their reserves. (1 Maccabees 6, 53)
On hearing this, Lysias at once decided to leave, and said to the king, the generals of the army and the men, 'We are growing weaker every day, we are short of food, and the place we are besieging is well fortified; moreover the affairs of the kingdom demand our attention. (1 Maccabees 6, 57)
