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He made peace with the men of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the city, because they had no provisions there to withstand a siege, since it was a sabbatical year for the land. (1 Maccabees 6, 49)
Then he departed with haste and returned to Antioch. He found Philip in control of the city, but he fought against him, and took the city by force. (1 Maccabees 6, 63)
In the one hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus set forth from Rome, sailed with a few men to a city by the sea, and there began to reign. (1 Maccabees 7, 1)
So Judas went out into all the surrounding parts of Judea, and took vengeance on the men who had deserted, and he prevented those in the city from going out into the country. (1 Maccabees 7, 24)
About five hundred men of the army of Nicanor fell, and the rest fled into the city of David. (1 Maccabees 7, 32)
He also fortified the city of Beth-zur, and Gazara, and the citadel, and in them he put troops and stores of food. (1 Maccabees 9, 52)
But Jonathan left Simon his brother in the city, while he went out into the country; and he went with only a few men. (1 Maccabees 9, 65)
Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the city and set fire to the machines of war. (1 Maccabees 9, 67)
And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem and began to rebuild and restore the city. (1 Maccabees 10, 10)
So Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the one hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of tabernacles, and he recruited troops and equipped them with arms in abundance. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
And let Jerusalem and her environs, her tithes and her revenues, be holy and free from tax. (1 Maccabees 10, 31)
The king also seated him at his side; and he said to his officers, "Go forth with him into the middle of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him about any matter, and let no one annoy him for any reason." (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
