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And they pursued them from the descent of Beth-horon unto the plain, where about eight hundred men of them were slain, and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.
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Then the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an exceeding great dread, began to fall upon the nations round about them,
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insomuch that his fame came unto the king; and all nations talked of the battles of Judas.
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Now when King Antiochus heard these things, he was full of indignation. Therefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, even a very strong army.
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He opened also his treasury and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.
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