1 before Aretas the ruler of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by everyone, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his compatriots, he was cast ashore in Egypt.
9 in hope of finding protection because of their kinship.
10 dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country.
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24 sent Apollonius, the captain of the Mysians, with an army of twenty-two thousand and commanded him to kill all the grown men and to sell the women and boys as slaves.
25When this man arrived in Jerusalem, he pretended to be peaceably disposed and waited until the holy Sabbath day; then, finding the Jews not at work, he ordered his troops to parade under arms.
26He put to the sword all those who came out to see them, then rushed into the city with his armed warriors and killed great numbers of people.
27 1 Macc 2.4, 28 But Judas Maccabeus, with about nine others, got away to the wilderness and kept himself and his companions alive in the mountains as wild animals do; they continued to live on what grew wild, so that they might not share in the defilement.
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