33
Then he came up behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets and cried aloud in prayer.
34
And when the army of Timothy realized that it was Maccabeus, they fled before him, and he dealt them a heavy blow. As many as eight thousand of them fell that day.
35
Next he turned aside to Maapha, and fought against it and took it; and he killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire.
36
From there he marched on and took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other towns of Gilead.
37
After these things Timothy gathered another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream.
38
Judas sent men to spy out the camp, and they reported to him, "All the Gentiles around us have gathered to him; it is a very large force.
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They also have hired Arabs to help them, and they are encamped across the stream, ready to come and fight against you." And Judas went to meet them.
40
Now as Judas and his army drew near to the stream of water, Timothy said to the officers of his forces, "If he crosses over to us first, we will not be able to resist him, for he will surely defeat us.
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But if he shows fear and camps on the other side of the river, we will cross over to him and defeat him."
42
When Judas approached the stream of water, he stationed the officers of the army at the stream and gave them this command, "Permit no one to encamp, but make them all enter the battle."
43
Then he crossed over against them first, and the whole army followed him. All the Gentiles were defeated before him, and they threw away their arms and fled into the sacred precincts at Carnaim.