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and all those in the rear fell by the sword. They pursued them to Gazara, and to the plains of Idumea, and to Azotus and Jamnia; and three thousand of them fell.
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Then Judas and his force turned back from pursuing them,
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and he said to the people, "Do not be greedy for plunder, for there is a battle before us;
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Gorgias and his force are near us in the hills. But stand now against our enemies and fight them, and afterward seize the plunder boldly."
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Just as Judas was finishing this speech, a detachment appeared, coming out of the hills.
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