66
He struck down Odomera and his kindred and the people of Phasiron in their tents.
67
Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the town and set fire to the machines of war.
68
They fought with Bacchides, and he was crushed by them. They pressed him very hard, for his plan and his expedition had been in vain.
69
So he was very angry at the renegades who had counseled him to come into the country, and he killed many of them. Then he decided to go back to his own land.
70
When Jonathan learned of this, he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him and obtain release of the captives.
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