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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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They saw that their army had been put to flight, and that the Jews were burning the camp, for the smoke that was seen showed what had happened.
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