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1 Maccabees 4:45
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by the Gentiles, and decided to tear it down, so that it would not stand there as a monument to their shame. So they tore down the altar
1 Maccabees 5:4
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He also dealt with the people of Baean, who were a constant threat to the people of Israel, because they would lie in ambush waiting to trap Israelite travelers.
1 Maccabees 5:30
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At dawn Judas and his men saw a vast army attacking the fortress; they were bringing up ladders, siege platforms, and battering rams in an effort to capture it.
1 Maccabees 5:35
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Then Judas turned aside to attack the town of Alema; he captured it and killed all the men in it. He looted the town and set fire to it.
1 Maccabees 5:46
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They went as far as Ephron, a large, well-fortified town. It was impossible to go around it on either side, and the road passed directly through the town.
1 Maccabees 5:51
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Judas had all the men of Ephron put to death, plundered the town, and leveled it. Then he and his army marched through the town over the dead bodies.
1 Maccabees 6:1
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As King Antiochus the Fourth was passing through Mesopotamia, he heard of a city in Persia, named Elymais, which was famous for its riches in silver and gold.
1 Maccabees 6:59
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We will allow them to follow their own laws and customs as they did before. All this trouble started when we provoked them by abolishing their laws and customs."
1 Maccabees 7:1
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In the year 151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and with a few men landed at a town on the Mediterranean coast, where he proclaimed himself king.
1 Maccabees 7:6
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They brought accusations against the other Jews and said, "Judas and his brothers have killed everybody who supported you, and they have driven us out of our country.
1 Maccabees 7:10
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They left Antioch and arrived in Judea with a large army. Bacchides tried to trick Judas and his brothers by sending to them messengers with offers of peace.
1 Maccabees 7:16
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But as soon as they began to trust him, he arrested 60 of them and put them all to death on the same day. As the scripture says,
1 Maccabees 8:22
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and what follows is a copy of the letter which was engraved on bronze tablets and sent to Jerusalem to remain there as a record of the treaty:
1 Maccabees 8:23
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"May things go well forever for the Romans and for the Jewish nation on land and sea! May they never have enemies, and may they never go to war!
1 Maccabees 8:27
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"In the same way, if war is declared first against the Jewish nation, the Romans will come to their aid with hearty support, as the situation may require.
1 Maccabees 8:30
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But if, in the future, both parties shall agree to add or remove anything, they shall act on their decision, and whatever they add or remove shall be valid.
1 Maccabees 9:29
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"Since your brother Judas died, there has been no one like him to lead us against our enemies, against Bacchides and those of our own nation who oppose us.
1 Maccabees 9:48
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So Jonathan and his men jumped into the Jordan and swam to the other side to escape, and the Syrian army did not cross the river to follow them.
1 Maccabees 9:52
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He also strengthened the fortifications of the towns of Bethzur and Gezer and of the fort in Jerusalem. He placed army units in them and stored up supplies there.
1 Maccabees 9:66
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Jonathan defeated Odomera and his people, and then attacked and destroyed the Phasirite camp. Once defeated, they joined Jonathan and advanced with him in his attack against Bacchides.