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Then the heathen who were at Gilead assembled themselves together against the Israelites who were in their borders to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema,
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and sent letters unto Judas and his brethren: "The heathen who are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us.
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And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we have fled, Timothy being captain of their host.
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Come now therefore and deliver us from their hands, for many of us have been slain.
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Yea, all our brethren who were in the places of Tob are put to death. Their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their goods, and they have destroyed there about a thousand men."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.