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From thence he removed by night, and went till he came to the fortress.
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And early in the morning they looked up and, behold, there were innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war to take the fortress; for they assaulted them.
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When Judas therefore saw that the battle had begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven with trumpets and a great sound,
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he said unto his host, "Fight this day for your brethren."
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So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets and cried out in prayer.
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Then the host of Timothy, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him. Therefore he smote them with a great slaughter, so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.
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This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha; and after he had assaulted it he took it and slew all the males therein, and received the spoils thereof and burned it with fire.
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From thence he went and took Chaspho, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Gilead.
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After these things Timothy gathered another host and encamped against Raphon beyond the brook.
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So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, "All the heathen that are round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.
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He hath also hired the Arabians to help them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee." Upon this, Judas went to meet them.