20
Then three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go to Galilee, and eight thousand to Judas for Gilead.
21
so Simon went to Galilee and fought many battles against the Gentiles, and the Gentiles were crushed before him.
22
He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais, and as many as three thousand of the Gentiles fell, and he despoiled them.
23
Then he took the Jews of Galilee and Arbatta, with their wives and children, and all they possessed, and led them to Judea with great rejoicing.
24
Judas Maccabeus and Jonathan his brother crossed the Jordan and went three days' journey into the wilderness.
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