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• Judas and his army at once turned off by the desert road to Bozrah. He took the town and, having put all the males to the sword and collected the booty, burned it down. (1 Maccabees 5, 28)

• he said to the men of his army, 'Into battle today for your brothers!' (1 Maccabees 5, 32)

• Judas sent men to reconnoitre the camp, and these reported back as follows, 'With him are massed all the gentiles surrounding us, making a very numerous army, (1 Maccabees 5, 38)

• and was approaching the watercourse with his troops when Timotheus told the commanders of his army, 'If he crosses first we shall not be able to resist him, because he will have a great advantage over us; (1 Maccabees 5, 40)

• Joseph son of Zechariah, and Azariah, who were in command of the army, heard of their valiant deeds and of the battles they had been fighting, (1 Maccabees 5, 56)

• 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)

• The remainder of the cavalry was stationed on one or other of the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy and cover the phalanxes. (1 Maccabees 6, 38)

• One part of the royal army was deployed on the upper slopes of the mountain and the other in the valley below; they advanced in solid, well-disciplined formation. (1 Maccabees 6, 40)

• Everyone trembled at the noise made by this vast multitude, the thunder of the troops on the march and the clanking of their armour, for it was an immense and mighty army. (1 Maccabees 6, 41)

• Judas and his army advanced to give battle, and six hundred of the king's army were killed. (1 Maccabees 6, 42)

• The Jews however realising how strong the king was and how ferocious his army, retreated ahead of them. (1 Maccabees 6, 47)

• The royal army moved up to encounter them outside Jerusalem, and the king began to blockade Judaea and Mount Zion. (1 Maccabees 6, 48)