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The troops of Timotheus, recognising that this was Maccabaeus, fled before his advance; Maccabaeus dealt them a crushing defeat; about eight thousand of their men fell that day. (1 Maccabees 5, 34)
From there he moved on and took Chaspho, Maked, Bosor and the remaining towns of Gilead. (1 Maccabees 5, 36)
After these events, Timotheus mustered another force and pitched camp opposite Raphon, on the far side of the stream-bed. (1 Maccabees 5, 37)
Judas sent men to reconnoitre the camp, and these reported back as follows, 'With him are massed all the gentiles surrounding us, making a very numerous army, (1 Maccabees 5, 38)
As soon as Judas reached the watercourse, he posted people's scribes along it, giving them this order: 'Do not let anyone pitch his tent; all are to go into battle!' (1 Maccabees 5, 42)
He was himself the first across to the enemy side, with all the people following. He defeated all the opposing gentiles, who threw down their arms and ran for refuge in the sanctuary of Carnaim. (1 Maccabees 5, 43)
Next, Judas assembled all the Israelites living in Gilead, from the least to the greatest, with their wives, children and belongings, an enormous muster, to take them to Judaea. (1 Maccabees 5, 45)
They reached Ephron, a large town straddling the road and strongly fortified. As it was impossible to by-pass it either to right or to left, there was nothing for it but to march straight through. (1 Maccabees 5, 46)
Judas sent them a conciliatory message in these terms, 'We want to pass through your territory to reach our own; no one will do you any harm, we only want to go through on foot.' But they would not open up for him. (1 Maccabees 5, 48)
So Judas sent an order down the column for everyone to halt where he stood. (1 Maccabees 5, 49)
He put all the males to the sword, rased the town to the ground, plundered it and marched through the town square over the bodies of the dead. (1 Maccabees 5, 51)
They then crossed the Jordan into the Great Plain, opposite Beth-Shean, (1 Maccabees 5, 52)
