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Judas put a garrison there, and would have it strong enough to command Bethsura; a bulwark Israel must have against attack from the frontiers of Edom. (1 Maccabees 4, 61)
This letter was still in the reading, when all of a sudden came other envoys from Galilee, their garments rent about them; their message was, (1 Maccabees 5, 14)
Whereupon Judas and his men suddenly turned aside from their course into the desert of Bosor, and took the city; all its men-folk he put to the sword, and carried off the spoil of it, and burned it to the ground. (1 Maccabees 5, 28)
What learned Judas from the scouts he had sent forward? Here were all the neighbouring tribes assembled in great force, (1 Maccabees 5, 38)
with hired support from Arabia besides, camped beyond the stream ready to engage him; so out he marched to offer battle. (1 Maccabees 5, 39)
And here, in the Persian country, a messenger reached him with tidings from Juda. Fled were his armies, (1 Maccabees 6, 5)
and Lysias, that erstwhile marched out with so brave a retinue, had left the Jews masters of the field. Now they were strong and well-armed, such spoil they had taken from the armies they overthrew; (1 Maccabees 6, 6)
So he called his friends about him, and bade them farewell; Here is sleep quite gone from me, said he; so dazed is this heart of mine with doubt unresolved. (1 Maccabees 6, 10)
And now returns the memory of all the havoc I made in Jerusalem, spoil of gold and silver I robbed from it, doom of mine against the townsfolk, and for no fault. (1 Maccabees 6, 12)
And Lysias, hearing of his death, crowned this same prince Antiochus, that he had brought up from boyhood, giving him the name of Eupator. (1 Maccabees 6, 17)
mercenaries, too, were hired from foreign countries, and from the islands out at sea, (1 Maccabees 6, 29)
Meanwhile, Judas drew away from the citadel, and encamped at Bethzacharam, close to the king’s army. (1 Maccabees 6, 32)
