33 He came out with three thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry. (WEB) 34 When they had set themselves in array, it came to pass that a few of the Jews fell. (WEB) 35 A certain Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback and was a strong man, pressed hard on Gorgias, and taking hold of his cloke dragged him along by main force. While he planned to take the accursed man alive, one of the Thracian cavalry bore down on him and disabled his shoulder, and so Gorgias escaped to Marisa. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 12:33–35
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1 Maccabees 5:58–60
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1 Maccabees 10:81–83
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1 Maccabees 6:41–43
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1 Maccabees 11:71–73
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