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And Judas gathered together the hindmost, and he exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Juda.
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And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain, till they had returned in peace.
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Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
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Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captain of the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought.
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And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.
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And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went towards Jamnia.
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And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle.
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And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell, on that day, of the people of Israel about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the people:
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Because they did not hearken to Judas, and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully.
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But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel.
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And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard.