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67 That day a number of priests were killed in battle because they wanted to be heroes and foolishly went out to fight.

21 But some of the men under siege escaped, and together with some of the renegade Jews, they went to the king and said,

28 When the king heard this, he was furious. He brought together all the army commanders, the cavalry officers, and his most trusted advisers.

48 The king and his army advanced to fight the Jews at Jerusalem and laid siege to the whole of Judea and Jerusalem.

52 The defenders also made war machines to oppose those of the enemy, and so the battle went on for a long time.

60 This recommendation was well received by the king and the officers, so Lysias proposed peace terms to the Jews, and they accepted them.

11 But when Judas and his brothers saw what a large army they had brought, they did not believe what the messengers said.

22 Every troublemaker in the country joined him. They gained control of the land of Judea and caused great difficulties for the Jews.

27 Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a big army. He tried to trick Judas and his brothers by sending peace offers. He said,

30 When Judas learned that Nicanor's visit was part of a plot against him, he was afraid and decided not to meet him again.

6 They had even defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Syria, who had attacked them with 120 elephants, cavalry, chariots, and a powerful army.

14 In spite of all this, no Roman ever tried to advance his own position by wearing a crown or putting on royal robes.

15 They created a senate, and each day 320 senators came together to deliberate about the affairs of the people and their well-being.

19 After a long and difficult journey, Eupolemus and Jason reached Rome and entered the Senate. They addressed the assembly in these terms:

14 When Judas saw that Bacchides and the main force of the Syrian army was on the right, all his bravest men joined him,

20 and there at the tomb they wept for him. All Israel mourned for him in great sorrow for many days. They said,

26 These men hunted down the friends of Judas and brought them all before Bacchides, and he subjected them to torture and humiliation.

42 Jonathan and Simon had taken full revenge for the death of their brother, and they returned to the marshes along the Jordan.

47 The battle began and Jonathan and his men were just about to kill Bacchides, when he escaped to the rear of the army.

57 When Bacchides learned that Alcimus was dead, he returned to King Demetrius, and the land of Judea had peace for two years.