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47 In deep mourning, they fasted all that day, put on sackcloth, threw ashes on their heads, and tore their clothes.

8 But Judas said to his men, "Don't worry about the size of their army, and don't be frightened when they attack.

9 Remember how our ancestors were saved at the Red Sea when the king of Egypt was pursuing them with his army!

20 and saw that their army had been put to flight; they could tell from the smoke that their camp was burning.

28 In the following year Lysias gathered an army of 60,000 well-trained infantry and 5,000 cavalry, intending to conquer the Jews.

40 and fell face down on the ground. When the signal was given on the trumpets, everyone cried out to the Lord.

47 Then they took uncut stones, as the Law of Moses required, and built a new altar like the old one.

50 They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and there was light in the Temple!

55 All the people bowed down with their faces to the ground and worshiped and praised the Lord for giving them victory.

3 The Idumeans were blockading the Israelites, so Judas went to war against them at Akrabattene, crushed them, and looted them.

20 Then 3,000 men joined Simon for the march into Galilee, and 8,000 remained with Judas for the march into Gilead.

22 and pursued them all the way to the city of Ptolemais, killing about 3,000 of them, and taking the loot.

53 Throughout the whole march Judas kept gathering up the stragglers and encouraging the people until they reached the land of Judea.

57 They said to one another, "Let's go to war with the Gentiles around us and win some fame for ourselves."

61 This great defeat came about because the Jewish commanders wanted to be heroes and refused to obey Judas and his brothers.

5 In Persia a messenger reached him with the news that the armies he had sent into Judea had been defeated.

20 The people assembled and laid siege to the fort in the year 150. They built siege platforms and battering rams.

47 But when the Jews realized how strong the royal army was and how determined it was to fight, they retreated.

61 When the king and his officers solemnly agreed to abide by these terms, the Jews came out of their fortress.

13 These devout and patriotic men were the first of the Jews to try to make peace with Alcimus and Bacchides.