1Now Gorgias took five thousand infantry and one thousand picked cavalry, and this division moved out by night
2 had been put to flight and that the Jews were burning the camp, for the smoke that was seen showed what had happened.
21When they perceived this, they were greatly frightened, and when they also saw the army of Judas drawn up in the plain for battle,
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35When Lysias saw the rout of his troops and observed the boldness that inspired those of Judas and how ready they were either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries in order to invade Judea again with an even larger army.
Cleansing and Dedication of the Temple36 stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one.
48They also rebuilt the sanctuary and the interior of the temple and consecrated the courts.
49 stationed a garrison there to guard it; he also fortified Beth-zur to guard it, so that the people might have a stronghold that faced Idumea.
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