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CHAPTER 4. 1 Then Gorgias took five thousand men, and a thousand of the best horsemen: and they removed out of the camp by night. 2 That they might come…

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CHAPTER 5. 1 Now it came to pass, when the nations round about heard that the altar and the sanctuary were built up as before, that they were exceeding angry….

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CHAPTER 6. 1 Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and…

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CHAPTER 7. 1 In the hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from the city of Rome, and came up with a few men into a city…

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CHAPTER 8. 1 Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful and strong, and willingly agree to all things that are requested of them: and…

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CHAPTER 9. 1 In the mean time when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army were fallen in battle, he sent again Bacchides and Alcimus into Judea; and the right…

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CHAPTER 10. 1 Now in the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned…

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CHAPTER 11. 1 And the king of Egypt gathered together an army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships: and he sought to get the…

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CHAPTER 12. 1 And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:…

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CHAPTER 13. 1 Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army, to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it. 2 And seeing that the…