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When they saw the huge size of the enemy forces they were terrified, and many slipped out of the camp, until no more than eight hundred of the force were left. (1 Maccabees 9, 6)
As soon as Bacchides heard this, he came on the Sabbath day with a considerable force to the steep banks of the Jordan. (1 Maccabees 9, 43)
Bacchides at once set out with a large force, and sent secret instructions to all his allies in Judaea to seize Jonathan and his supporters. But they were unable to do this because their plan became known, (1 Maccabees 9, 60)
When Bacchides heard this, he mustered his whole force and notified his adherents in Judaea. (1 Maccabees 9, 63)
Demetrius confirmed Apollonius as governor of Coele-Syria; the latter assembled a large force, encamped at Jamnia and sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest: (1 Maccabees 10, 69)
but when he heard the news, he advanced on his rival to give battle, while Ptolemy for his part also took the field, met him with a strong force and routed him. (1 Maccabees 11, 15)
When Trypho saw him there with a large force, he hesitated to make any move against him. (1 Maccabees 12, 42)
He sent a considerable force to Joppa under Jonathan son of Absalom who drove out the inhabitants and remained there in occupation. (1 Maccabees 13, 11)
Everything that we have decreed concerning you remains in force, and the fortresses you have built may remain in your hands. (1 Maccabees 13, 38)
The king appointed Cendebaeus military governor of the coastal region and allotted him a force of infantry and cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 38)
Shortly afterwards, the king sent Gerontes the Athenian to force the Jews to violate their ancestral customs and live no longer by the laws of God; (2 Maccabees 6, 1)
It also happened that seven brothers were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste some pork, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. (2 Maccabees 7, 1)
