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He left the place at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dathema.
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At dawn they looked out and saw a large company, which could not be counted, carrying ladders and engines of war to capture the stronghold, and attacking the Jews within.
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So Judas saw that the battle had begun and that the cry of the town went up to Heaven, with trumpets and loud shouts,
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and he said to the men of his forces, "Fight today for your kindred!"
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Then he came up behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets and cried aloud in prayer.
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And when the army of Timothy realized that it was Maccabeus, they fled before him, and he dealt them a heavy blow. As many as eight thousand of them fell that day.
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Next he turned aside to Maapha, and fought against it and took it; and he killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire.
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From there he marched on and took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other towns of Gilead.
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After these things Timothy gathered another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream.
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Judas sent men to spy out the camp, and they reported to him, "All the Gentiles around us have gathered to him; it is a very large force.
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They also have hired Arabs to help them, and they are encamped across the stream, ready to come and fight against you." And Judas went to meet them.