ias
abode, and a great multitude of divers nations, and the strong
young men kept the walls, and defended them mightily: wherein
also was great provision of engines and darts.

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But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God,
who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they
won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that
were within,

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From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six
hundred furlongs from Jerusalem,

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But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the
Scythopolitans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them
kindly in the time of their adversity;

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They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still
unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks
approaching.

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And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth
against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,

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Who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred
horsemen.

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And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the
Jews were slain.

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At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor's company, who was on
horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking
hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken
that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thracia coming upon him
smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.

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Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and
were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would shew
himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.

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And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms
with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias' men, he
put them to flight.

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So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of
Odollam, And when the seventh day came, they purified
themselves, as the custom was, and kept the sabbath in the same
place.

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And upon the day following, as the use had been, Judas and
his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain,
and to bury them with their kinsmen in their fathers' graves.

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Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found
things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is
forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was
the cause wherefore they were slain.

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All men therefore praising the Lord, the