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33 When Onias heard about this, he fled for safety to a temple at Daphne near the city of Antioch and openly accused Menelaus.

44 When the king came to the city of Tyre, the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent three men to bring charges against Menelaus.

12 giving his men orders to cut down without mercy everyone they met and to slaughter anyone they found hiding in the houses.

13 In fact, it is a sign of kindness to punish a person immediately for his sins, rather than to wait a long time.

8 He replied in his native language, "I will never eat it!" So the soldiers tortured him, just as they had the first one,

25 But the boy paid no attention to him, so Antiochus tried to persuade the boy's mother to talk him into saving his life,

31 They carefully collected all the enemy's weapons and stored them in strategic places, but the rest of the loot was taken to Jerusalem.

13 The time of the Lord's mercy had come to an end for Antiochus, but this worthless man made the Lord a promise:

20 "I hope that you and your families are in good health and that all goes well with you. My hope is in God,

23 But I recall that my father used to appoint a successor whenever he went on a military campaign east of the Euphrates.

16 So Judas Maccabeus and his men, after offering prayers for God's help, rushed out and made a vigorous attack against the Idumean fortresses.

17 They beat back those who were defending the walls and captured the fortresses, killing everyone they found, a total of about 20,000 people.

18 About 9,000 of the enemy, however, managed to take refuge in two easily defended forts, with everything they needed to withstand a siege.

25 But as the enemy forces were approaching, Judas and his men prayed to God. They put on sackcloth, threw dirt on their heads,

34 but those inside trusted to the security of their positions and shouted all sorts of terrible insults against the Jews and their God.

11 Then they charged into the enemy like lions, killing 11,000 infantry and 1,600 cavalry, and forcing the rest to run for their lives.

19 If you continue to be loyal to the government, I will do everything I can in the future to benefit your nation.

27 Here is a copy of the king's letter to the Jewish people: "King Antiochus to the Jewish leaders and all the Jews, greetings.

34 The Romans also sent the Jews the following letter: "Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, representatives of the Romans, to the Jews, greetings.

32 After Pentecost (as the Harvest Festival is called in Greek) Judas and his men quickly marched out against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea,