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chapter 5
1
Now it
came to pass, when the nations round about heard that the altar and the
sanctuary were built up as before, that they were exceeding angry.
2 And they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob
that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to
persecute them.
3 Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in
Idumea, and them that were in Acrabathane: because they beset the Israelites
around about, and he made a great slaughter of them.
4 And he remembered the malice of the children of Bean:
who were a snare and a stumblingblock to the people, by lying in wait for them
in the way.
5 And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set
upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with
fire, and all that were in them.
6 Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where
he found a mighty power, and much people, and Timotheus was their captain:
7 And he fought many battles with them, and they were
discomfited in their sight, and he smote them:
8 And he took the city of Gazer and her towns, and
returned into Judea.
9 And the Gentiles that were in Galaad, assembled
themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters to
destroy them: and they fled into the fortress of Datheman.
10 And they sent letters to Judas and his brethren,
saying, The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us, to
destroy us:
11 And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress
into which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.
12 Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their
hands, for many of us are slain.
13 And all our brethren that were in the places of
Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children,
captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand
men.
14 And while they were yet reading these letters,
behold there came other messengers out Galilee with their garments rent, who
related according to these words:
15 Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of
Sidon, were assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers,
in order to consume us.
16 Now when Judas and all the people heard these words,
a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their
brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.
17 And Judas said to Simon his brother: Choose thee
men, and go, and deliver they brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother
Jonathan will go into the country of Galaad.
18 And he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias
captains of the people with the remnant of the army in Judea to keep it:
19 And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of
this people: but make no war against the heathens, till we return.
20 Now three thousand men were alloted to Simon, to go
into Gallilee: and eight thousand to Judas to go into the land of Galaad.
21 And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles
with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he
pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
22 And there fell of the heathens almost three thousand
men, and he took the spoils of them,
23 And he took with him those that were in Galilee and
in Arbatis with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he
brought them into Judea with great joy.
24 And Judas Machabeus, and Jonathan his brother passed
over the Jordan, and went three days' journey through the desert.
25 And the Nabutheans met them, and received them in a
peaceable manner, and told them all that happened to their brethren in the land
of Galaad,
26 And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in
Bosor, and in Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim: all these
strong and great cities.
27 Yea, and that they were kept shut up in the rest of
the cities of Galaad, and that they had appointed to bring their army on the
morrow near to these cities, and to take them and to destroy them all in one
day.
28 Then Judas and his army suddenly turned their march
into the desert, to Bosor, and took the city: and he slew every male by the
edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burnt it with fire.
29 And they removed from thence by night, and went till
they came to the fortress.
30 And it came to pass that early in the morning, when
they lifted up their eyes, behold there were people without number, carrying
ladders and engines to take the fortress, and assault them.
31 And Judas saw that the fight was begun, and the cry
of the battle went up to heaven like a trumpet, and a great cry out of the
city:
32 And he said to his host: Fight ye to day for your
brethren.
33 And he came with three companies behind them, and
they sounded their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.
34 And the host of Timotheus understood that it was
Machabeus, and they fled away before his face: and they made a great slaughter
of them: and there fell of them in that day almost eight thousand men.
35 And Judas turned aside to Maspha, and assaulted, and
took it, and he slew every male thereof, and took the spoils thereof, and burnt
it with fire.
36 From thence he marched, and took Casbon, and Mageth,
and Bosor, and the rest of the cities of Galaad.
37 But after this Timotheus gathered another army, and
camped over against Raphon beyond the torrent.
38 And Judas sent men to view the army: and they
brought him word, saying: All the nations, that are round about us, are
assembled unto him an army exceeding great:
39 And they have hired the Arabians to help them, and
they have pitched their tents beyond the torrent, ready to come to fight
against thee. And Judas went to meet them.
40 And Timotheus said to the captains of his army: When
Judas and his army come near the torrent of water, if he pass over unto us
first, we shall not be able to withstand him: for he will certainly prevail
over us.
41 But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp on the
other side of the river, we will pass over to them and shall prevail against
him.
42 Now when Judas came near the torrent of water, he
set the scribes of the people by the torrent, and commanded them, saying:
Suffer no man to stay behind: but let all come to the battle.
43 And he passed over to them first, and all the people
after him, and all the heathens were discomfited before them, and they threw
away their weapons, and fled to the temple that was in Carnaim.
44 And he took that city, and the temple he burnt with
fire, with all things that were therein: and Carnaim was subdued, and could not
stand against the face of Judas.
45 And Judas gathered together all the Israelites that
were in the land of Galaad, from the least even to the greatest, and their
wives, and children, and an army exceeding great, to come into the land of
Juda.
46 And they came as far as Ephron: now this was a great
city situate in the way, strongly fortified, and there was no means to turn
from it on the right hand or on the left, but the way was through the midst of
it.
47 And they that were in the city, shut themselves in,
and stopped up the gates with stones: and Judas sent to them with peaceable
words,
48 Saying: Let us pass through your land, to go into
our country: and no man shall hurt you: we will only pass through on foot. But
they would not open to them.
49 Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the
camp, that they should make an assault every man in the place where he was.
50 And the men of the army drew near, and he assaulted
that city all the day, and all the night, and the city was delivered into his
hands:
51 And they slew every male with the edge of the sword,
and he razed the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through all the
city over them that were slain.
52 Then they passed over the Jordan to the great plain
that is over against Bethsan.
53 And Judas gathered together the hindmost, and he
exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Juda.
54 And they went up to mount Sion with joy and
gladness, and offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain, till they
had returned in peace.
55 Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the
land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
56 Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captain of
the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought.
57 And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us
go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.
58 And he gave charge to them that were in his army,
and they went towards Jamnia.
59 And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to
give them battle.
60 And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were
pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell, on that day, of the people
of Israel about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the
people:
61 Because they did not hearken to Judas, and his
brethren, thinking that they should do manfully.
62 But they were not of the seed of those men by whom
salvation was brought to Israel.
63 And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in
the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard.
64 And people assembled to them with joyful
acclamations.
65 Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked
the children of Esau, in the land toward the south, and he took Chebron, and
her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof and the towers all round it.
66 And he removed his camp to go into the land of the
aliens, and he went through Samaria.
67 In that day some priests fell in battle, while
desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.
68 And Judas turned to Azotus into the land of the
strangers, and he threw down their altars, and he burnt the statues of their
gods with fire: and he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into the
land of Juda.
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