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But Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines; he tore down their altars, and the graven images of their gods he burned with fire; he plundered the cities and returned to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 5, 68)
They came through Idumea and encamped against Beth-zur, and for many days they fought and built engines of war; but the Jews sallied out and burned these with fire, and fought manfully. (1 Maccabees 6, 31)
Then he encamped before the sanctuary for many days. He set up siege towers, engines of war to throw fire and stones, machines to shoot arrows, and catapults. (1 Maccabees 6, 51)
Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the city and set fire to the machines of war. (1 Maccabees 9, 67)
But Jonathan burned Azotus and the surrounding towns and plundered them; and the temple of Dagon, and those who had taken refuge in it he burned with fire. (1 Maccabees 10, 84)
They set fire to the city and seized much spoil on that day, and they saved the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
From there he departed to Gaza, but the men of Gaza shut him out. So he beseiged it and burned its suburbs with fire and plundered them. (1 Maccabees 11, 61)
They also fled into the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and John burned it with fire, and about two thousand of them fell. And he returned to Judea safely. (1 Maccabees 16, 10)
Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the feast of booths and the feast of the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 1, 18)
For when our fathers were being led captive to Persia, the pious priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar and secretly hid it in the hollow of a dry cistern, where they took such precautions that the place was unknown to any one. (2 Maccabees 1, 19)
But after many years had passed, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having been commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to get it. And when they reported to us that they had not found fire but thick liquid, he ordered them to dip it out and bring it. (2 Maccabees 1, 20)
When this was done and some time had passed and the sun, which had been clouded over, shone out, a great fire blazed up, so that all marveled. (2 Maccabees 1, 22)
