23
When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were crushed before him.
24
They pursued them down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
25
Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell on the Gentiles all around them.
26
His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.
27
When King Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army.
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