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1 Maccabees 3:2
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All his brothers and all the loyal followers of his father gave him their support, and they were happy to carry on Israel's war.
1 Maccabees 3:7
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He made life miserable for many kings, but brought joy to the people of Israel. We will praise him forever for what he did.
1 Maccabees 3:11
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When Judas learned of this, he marched out to battle, defeated the army, and killed Apollonius. Many Gentiles lost their lives, and the rest fled.
1 Maccabees 3:38
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Lysias chose Nicanor, Gorgias, and Ptolemy son of Dorymenes as army commanders; all three were able men who bore the title "Friend of the King."
1 Maccabees 3:46
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Then Judas and his men assembled and marched to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because the people of Israel had previously had a place of worship there.
1 Maccabees 3:48
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The Gentiles would have consulted their idols in such a situation, but the Israelites unrolled the book of the Law to search for God's guidance.
1 Maccabees 4:23
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Then Judas returned to loot the enemy camp; he took large amounts of gold and silver, blue and purple cloth, and other rich plunder.
1 Maccabees 4:56
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For eight days they celebrated the rededication of the altar. With great joy they brought burnt offerings and offered fellowship offerings and thank offerings.
1 Maccabees 4:57
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They decorated the front of the Temple with gold crowns and shields, rebuilt the gates and the priests' rooms and put doors on them.
1 Maccabees 4:60
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Then they built high walls and strong towers around Mount Zion, so that the Gentiles could not come in and trample and defile it again.
1 Maccabees 5:1
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When the neighboring nations heard that the Jews had built the altar and restored the Temple as it had been before, they were so furious
1 Maccabees 5:2
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that they made up their minds to destroy all the Jews who were living among them. So they began to murder and kill our people.
1 Maccabees 5:5
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He shut the Baeanites up in their forts, took a solemn oath that he would destroy them, and burned their forts with everyone in them.
1 Maccabees 5:6
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Then he marched against the land of Ammon, where he met a large and powerful army under the command of a man named Timothy.
1 Maccabees 5:9
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The Gentiles in Gilead assembled to attack and destroy the Israelites living in their territory. But the Israelites fled to the fortress of Dathema
1 Maccabees 5:60
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They defeated Joseph and Azariah and pursued them as far as the borders of Judea. At least 2,000 Israelite men were killed that day.
1 Maccabees 6:9
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He remained ill for a long time, as waves of despair swept over him, until he finally realized that he was going to die.
1 Maccabees 6:26
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And now they have laid siege to the fort in Jerusalem and are planning to take it. They have also fortified the Temple and Bethzur.
1 Maccabees 6:32
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Then Judas withdrew his troops from the fort in Jerusalem and set up his camp at Beth Zechariah, blocking the advance of the king's army.
1 Maccabees 6:41
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All the people were terrified when they heard the noise made by the clashing of weapons and the marching of that great and powerful army.