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.
61
Thus the people suffered a great rout because, thinking to do a brave deed, they did not listen to Judas and his brothers.
62
But they did not belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel.
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