4 But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and its pasture lands destroyed, and the bodies cast out, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way. (WEB) 5 They told the king what Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him; but the king kept silent. (WEB) 6 Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they greeted one another, and they slept there. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 11:4–6
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1 Maccabees 10:83–85
83 The cavalry were scattered in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered into Beth-dagon, their idol’s temple, to save themselves. (WEB) 84 Jonathan burned Azotus and the cities around it and took their spoils. He burned the temple of Dagon and those who fled into it w… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 13:22–24
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1 Maccabees 10:77–79
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1 Maccabees 12:28–30
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1 Maccabees 10:61–63
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1 Maccabees 11:47–49
47 The king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day about one hundred thousand. (WEB) 48 They set the city on fire, and seized many spoils that day, and saved the king. (WEB) 49 … (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:87–89
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