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I am sure that following my own policies of moderation and humanity, he shall live in good accord with you." (2 Maccabees 9, 27)
On the other hand, the Idumeans had strong fortresses and harassed the Jews. Gathering the fugitives from Jerusalem, they managed to prolong the war. (2 Maccabees 10, 15)
The men of Maccabeus, after praying and asking the Lord to come and fight at their side, attacked the fortresses of the Idumeans. (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
Maccabeus left Simon, Joseph, and also Zaccheus and his men in sufficient numbers to sustain the siege, and went off to where his presence was more needed. (2 Maccabees 10, 19)
Yet the men of Simon were tempted by greed, and let themselves be bought with the silver of those in the towers. So in exchange for sixty thousand pieces of silver, they allowed a number of them to escape. (2 Maccabees 10, 20)
Timothy, who had been defeated before by the Jews, gathered together an enormous number of foreign troops and a great number of horses from Asia. He appeared in Judea in order to conquer it by force of arms. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)
After the feast and Pentecost, they marched against Gorgias who was the governor of Idumea. (2 Maccabees 12, 32)
When Judas learned of this, he ordered his army to call on God day and night, so that as God had done in other circumstances, he would now also help those (2 Maccabees 13, 10)
After summoning the Elders in private, he determined to leave with his men for a decisive attempt with the help of God, before the king's army could invade Judea and take control of Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)
The pagans who had earlier escaped from Judea for fear of Judas, flocked in great number to Nicanor, thinking that the misfortunes and defeat of the Jews would mean victory for them. (2 Maccabees 14, 14)
Nicanor was so sure of victory, that he planned to build a monument with the mortal remains of Judas and his men. (2 Maccabees 15, 6)
He roused their spirit with the words of the Law and the Prophets, reminding them of previous triumphs. (2 Maccabees 15, 9)
