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They rescued the law out of the hands of the Gentiles and kings, and they never let the sinner gain the upper hand. (1 Maccabees 2, 48)
He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever. (1 Maccabees 3, 7)
he said, "I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions, who scorn the king's command." (1 Maccabees 3, 14)
His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas. (1 Maccabees 3, 26)
When king Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army. (1 Maccabees 3, 27)
He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts which he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings. (1 Maccabees 3, 30)
He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king's affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt. (1 Maccabees 3, 32)
Then the king took the remaining half of his troops and departed from Antioch his capital in the one hundred and forty-seventh year. He crossed the Euphrates river and went through the upper provinces. (1 Maccabees 3, 37)
Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, mighty men among the friends of the king, (1 Maccabees 3, 38)
and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded. (1 Maccabees 3, 39)
Now Judas and his brothers saw that misfortunes had increased and that the forces were encamped in their territory. They also learned what the king had commanded to do to the people to cause their final destruction. (1 Maccabees 3, 42)
But Judas heard of it, and he and his mighty men moved out to attack the king's force in Emmaus (1 Maccabees 4, 3)
