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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.
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Next he turned aside to Alema, and fought against it and took it; and he killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire.
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From there he marched on and took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other cities of Gilead.
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After these things Timothy gathered another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream.
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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.