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Three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go to Galilee, and eight thousand were to go with Judas to Gilead.
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So Simon went to Galilee, fought several battles with the Gentiles, and crushed them.
22
He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais. As many as three thousand Gentiles died, and he plundered their possessions.
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Then he took the Jews of Galilee and Arbatta, together with their wives and children and all they owned, and led them to Judea with great rejoicing.
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Judas Maccabeus and his brother Jonathan crossed the Jordan and traveled for three days into the wilderness.