6
He would come suddenly into towns and villages, set them ablaze, capture a number of the strategically important places, and put many of the enemy to flight.
4
to remember the needless massacre of innocent infants, and to show his hatred of the evil things said against his name.
5
Once he organized his army, the Maccabee couldn't be stopped by the Gentiles, because the Lord's wrath had turned into mercy.
6
He would come suddenly into towns and villages, set them ablaze, capture a number of the strategically important places, and put many of the enemy to flight.
7
He especially found the night advantageous for such attacks. Talk of his good courage spread everywhere.
8
Philip saw how Judas was progressing little by little and gaining ground with each success, so he wrote to Ptolemy the governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia to come to the aid of the royal government.