1 Maccabees 15:41

41 And when he had built up Kedron, he set horsemen there and a host of footmen, to the end that, issuing out, they might make raids upon the highways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.

1 Maccabees 15:41 In-Context

39 and commanded him to remove his host toward Judea; also he commanded him to build up Kedron and to fortify the gates and to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he pursued Trypho.
40 So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners and slay them.
41 And when he had built up Kedron, he set horsemen there and a host of footmen, to the end that, issuing out, they might make raids upon the highways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.
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