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And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism: so that, being but a few, they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes,
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Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,
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And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his son,
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And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism: so that, being but a few, they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes,
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And recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being gracious unto them with all favour:
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All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one volume.