1 When the Gentiles living nearby learned that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary had been dedicated just as it was before, they became very angry.
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When the Gentiles living nearby learned that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary had been dedicated just as it was before, they became very angry.
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They sought to wipe out Jacob's descendants who lived among them. So they started to kill and destroy the people.
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But Judas waged war on the descendants of Esau in Idumea at Akrabattene because they kept ambushing Israelites. He dealt them a heavy blow, humbling them and taking their goods.
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He also took note of the wickedness of Baean's sons, who were trapping, catching, and ambushing people on the highways.
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Judas shut them up in their towers. He camped against them, and by promising their complete destruction, he burned their towers and all who were in them.