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| 5 1 | When the Gentiles round about heard that the altar had been built and the sanctuary dedicated as it was before, they became very angry, | Wars with neighbouring nations. 1Mace.5.1-68 | 2Mace.10.14-33 | 2Mace.12.10-45 | |
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| 2 | and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people. | | |
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| 3 | But Judas made war on the sons of Esau in Idumea, at Akrabattene, because they kept lying in wait for Israel. He dealt them a heavy blow and humbled them and despoiled them. | | |
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| 4 | He also remembered the wickedness of the sons of Baean, who were a trap and a snare to the people and ambushed them on the highways. | | |
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| 5 | They were shut up by him in their towers; and he encamped against them, vowed their complete destruction, and burned with fire their towers and all who were in them. | | |
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| 6 | Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people with Timothy as their leader. | | |
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| 7 | He engaged in many battles with them and they were crushed before him; he struck them down. | | |
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| 8 | He also took Jazer and its villages; then he returned to Judea. | | |
