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| 38 | Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, mighty men among the friends of the king, | Victories of Judas Maccabaeus. 1Mace.3.38-4.25 | 2Mace.8.8-29 | 2Mace.8.34-36 | |
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| 39 | and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded. | | |
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| 40 | so they departed with their entire force, and when they arrived they encamped near Emmaus in the plain. | | |
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| 41 | When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts, and fetters, and went to the camp to get the sons of Israel for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them. | | |
