16 But Maccabaeus and his men, having made solemn supplication and having implored God to fight on their side, rushed upon the strongholds of the Idumaeans. (WEB) 17 Assaulting them vigorously, they took control of the positions, and kept off all who fought upon the wall, and killed those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand. (WEB) 18 Because no fewer than nine thousand had fled into two very strong towers having everything needed for a siege, (WEB)
2 Maccabees 10:16–18
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2 Maccabees 12:27–29
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2 Maccabees 10:34–36
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1 Maccabees 5:49–51
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1 Maccabees 5:29–31
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