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And by the help of the Almighty, they slew above nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor's host, and so put all to flight,
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and took the money of those who came to buy them, and pursued them far. But lacking time, they returned;
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for it was the day before the Sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
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So when they had gathered their enemies' arms together and despoiled their enemies, they occupied themselves about the Sabbath, yielding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them.
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And after the Sabbath, when they had given part of the spoils to the maimed and the widows and orphans, the residue they divided among themselves and their servants.
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When this was done and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with His servants for ever.
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Moreover, of those who were with Timothy and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high strongholds, and divided amongst themselves many more spoils, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves.
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And when they had gathered their arms together, they laid them all up carefully in suitable places, and the remnant of the spoils they brought to Jerusalem.
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They slew also Philarches, that wicked person who was with Timothy and had annoyed the Jews many ways.
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Furthermore, at such time that they kept the feast for the victory in their country, they burned Callisthenes, who had set fire upon the holy gates, who had fled into a little house; and so he received a reward meet for his wickedness.
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As for that most ungracious Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to buy the Jews,