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Then the king's officers spoke to Mattathias as follows: "You are a leader, honored and great in this city, and supported by sons and brothers. (1 Maccabees 2, 17)
Then Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: "Let every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out with me!" (1 Maccabees 2, 27)
And he and his sons fled to the hills and left all that they had in the city. (1 Maccabees 2, 28)
And it was reported to the king's officers, and to the troops in Jerusalem the city of David, that men who had rejected the king's command had gone down to the hiding places in the wilderness. (1 Maccabees 2, 31)
Then Judas and his army quickly turned back by the wilderness road to Bozrah; and he took the city, and killed every male by the edge of the sword; then he seized all its spoils and burned it with fire. (1 Maccabees 5, 28)
So Judas saw that the battle had begun and that the cry of the city went up to Heaven with trumpets and loud shouts, (1 Maccabees 5, 31)
But he took the city and burned the sacred precincts with fire, together with all who were in them. Thus Carnaim was conquered; they could stand before Judas no longer. (1 Maccabees 5, 44)
So they came to Ephron. This was a large and very strong city on the road, and they could not go round it to the right or to the left; they had to go through it. (1 Maccabees 5, 46)
But the men of the city shut them out and blocked up the gates with stones. (1 Maccabees 5, 47)
So the men of the forces encamped, and he fought against the city all that day and all the night, and the city was delivered into his hands. (1 Maccabees 5, 50)
He destroyed every male by the edge of the sword, and razed and plundered the city. Then he passed through the city over the slain. (1 Maccabees 5, 51)
And Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle. (1 Maccabees 5, 59)
