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• The remaining cavalry were stationed on one or the other of the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy and to be protected from the phalanxes. (1 Maccabees 6, 38)

• Part of the king's army extended over the heights, while some were on low ground, but they marched forward steadily and in good order. (1 Maccabees 6, 40)

• All who heard the noise of their numbers, the tramp of their marching, and the clashing of the arms, trembled; for the army was very great and strong. (1 Maccabees 6, 41)

• Judas with his army advanced to fight, and six hundred men of the king's army fell. (1 Maccabees 6, 42)

• When the Jews saw the strength of the royal army and the ardor of its forces, they retreated from them. (1 Maccabees 6, 47)

• A part of the king's army went up to Jerusalem to attack them, and the king established camps in Judea and at Mount Zion. (1 Maccabees 6, 48)

• had returned from Persia and Media with the army that accompanied the king, and that he was seeking to take over the government. (1 Maccabees 6, 56)

• So he hastily resolved to withdraw. He said to the king, the leaders of the army, and the soldiers: "We are grow-ing weaker every day, our provisions are scanty, the place we are besieging is strong, and it is our duty to take care of the affairs of the kingdom. (1 Maccabees 6, 57)

• They set out and, on arriving in the land of Judah with a great army, sent messengers who spoke deceitfully to Judas and his brothers in peaceful terms. (1 Maccabees 7, 10)

• But these paid no attention to their words, seeing that they had come with a great army. (1 Maccabees 7, 11)

• for they said, "A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not do us any wrong." (1 Maccabees 7, 14)

• About five hundred men of Nicanor's army fell; the rest fled to the City of David. (1 Maccabees 7, 32)