52
And they crossed the Jordan into the large plain before Beth-shan.
53
And Judas kept rallying the laggards and encouraging the people all the way till he came to the land of Judah.
54
So they went up to Mount Zion with gladness and joy, and offered burnt offerings, because not one of them had fallen before they returned in safety.
55
Now while Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and Simon his brother was in Galilee before Ptolemais,
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Joseph, the son of Zechariah, and Azariah, the commanders of the forces, heard of their brave deeds and of the heroic war they had fought.
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So they said, "Let us also make a name for ourselves; let us go and make war on the Gentiles around us."
58
And they issued orders to the men of the forces that were with them, and they marched against Jamnia.
59
And Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle.
60
Then Joseph and Azariah were routed, and were pursued to the borders of Judea; as many as two thousand of the people of Israel fell that day.
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Thus the people suffered a great rout because, thinking to do a brave deed, they did not listen to Judas and his brothers.
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But they did not belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel.