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Simon answered him, "We have not occupied any foreign land nor seized any foreign property: this is the inheritance of our fathers. It was our enemies who seized this for some time, (1 Maccabees 15, 33)
So, Simon called his two elder sons, John and Judas, and said to them: "I and my brothers and the family of my father have fought the enemies of Israel from our youth until today. And many times, we were able to liberate Israel. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
and John with his troops drew up against the enemies. His troops were afraid to cross the stream, so he crossed over first. On seeing this, his men crossed after him. (1 Maccabees 16, 6)
Judas, the brother of John, fell wounded, but John pursued the enemies until Cendebeus reached Kedron which he had fortified. (1 Maccabees 16, 9)
With this, they themselves were put in a difficult situation, for those whom they took as models and whose customs they wanted to imitate in everything proved to be their enemies and tyrants. (2 Maccabees 4, 16)
Jason cruelly massacred his fellow citizens, without realizing that his victory against his own nation was the greatest defeat. He seemed to believe that he was winning over enemies when, in reality, these were his own people. (2 Maccabees 5, 6)
So he attacked them by surprise, set cities and villages on fire, captured strategic positions, and put to flight many of the enemies. (2 Maccabees 8, 6)
He also reminded them of what had happened in Babylonia, in the battle against the Galatians. On that day, eight thousand Jews fought side by side with four thousand Macedonians, and as the Macedonians were hard pressed, their Jewish allies alone killed twenty thousand of the enemies' troops with heaven's help and seized a great booty. (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
With the help of the Almighty they slaughtered nine thousand enemies, wounded and crippled many, and put the rest to flight. (2 Maccabees 8, 24)
so they had to return because it was the vigil of the sabbath. That is why they stopped pursuing their enemies. (2 Maccabees 8, 26)
They gathered the weapons and the plunder of their enemies, and celebrated the sabbath on that day with praise and thanksgiving to God who had just saved them and had begun to show them his mercy. (2 Maccabees 8, 27)
They carefully stored in safe places the weapons they had taken from the enemies, and brought the rest of the booty to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 8, 31)
