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2 Maccabees 9:3
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1 Maccabees 6:4–6
4 and they rose up against him in battle. He fled and returned to Babylon with great disappointment. (WEB) 5 Then someone came into Persia bringing him news that the armies which went against the land of Judah had been put to flight, (WEB) 6 and that Lysias went first with a str… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 8:11–13
11 Immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves, promising to deliver seventy slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment that was to overtake him from the Almighty. (WEB) 12 News came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion.… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:67–69
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1 Maccabees 7:38–40
38 Take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and don’t allow them to live any longer.” (WEB) 39 Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Bethhoron, and there the Syrian army met him. (WEB) 40 Judas encamped in A… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:43–45
43 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the armies met in battle. Nicanor’s army was defeated, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle. (WEB) 44 Now when his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled. (WEB) 45 They pursued them a day’s… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 6:55–57
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1 Maccabees 5:36–38
36 From there he marched and took Casphor, Maked, Bosor, and the other cities of the land of Gilead. (WEB) 37 Now after these things, Timotheus gathered another army and encamped near Raphon beyond the brook. (WEB) 38 Judas sent men to spy on the army; and they brought him word, sa… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:1–3
1 In the one hundred sixtieth year, Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais. They received him, and he reigned there. (WEB) 2 King Demetrius heard about this, and he gathered together exceedingly great forces, and went out to… (WEB) 3 … (WEB)
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