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Apocrypha. (Or, tht kiatbin.

bint, and brought cir. 164. them into Judea with great joy.

24 Judas Maccabeus also and his brother Jonathan went over Jordan, and travelled three days' journey in the wilderness,

25 Where they met with the Naba- thites, who came unto them in a peace able manner, and told them every thing that had happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad :

26 And how that many of them were shut up in II Bosora, and Bosor, and Ale- ma, n Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim ; all these cities are strong and great :

27 And that they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the country of Galaad, and that against to morrow II they had appointed to bring their host against the forts, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day.

28 Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness 0 Or, unto II Bosora ; and when he had won the city, he flew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire.

29 From whence he removed by night, and went till he came to the fortress.

30 And betimes in the morning they ^•looked up, and, behold, there was an $ir%e/. innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take the fortress : for H they assaulted them.

31 When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound,

32 He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.

33 So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets, and cried with prayer.

34 Then the host of Timotheus, know ing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him : wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.

35 This done, Judas turned aside to Mafpha ; and after he had assaulted it, he took it, and flew all the males therein, and received the spoils thereof, and burnt it with fire.

36 From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad.

37 After these things gathered Timo theus another host, and encamped against Raphan beyond the brook.

38 So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, All the heathen that be round about us are assem- bled unto them, even a very great host. cir. 164..

39 He hath also hired the Arabians to help them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them.

40 Then Timotheus said unto the cap tains of his host, When Judas and his host come near the brook, if he pass over first unto us, we (hall not be able to withstand him; for he will mightilyprevail againstus :

41 But if he be afraid, and camp beyond the river, we shall go over unto him, and prevail against him.

42 Now when Judas came near the brook, he caused the scribes of the people to remain by the hrook : unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Suffer no man to remain in the camp, but let all come to the battle.

47 So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him : then all the hea then, being discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim.

44 But || they took thevcity, and burned ^jjjj* the temple with all that were therein. u*v<**i* Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before Judas.

45 Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Ga laad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very greast host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.

46 Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.

47 Then they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.

48 Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, _ Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt ; we will only pass through on foot : hovv- beit they would not open unto him.

49 Wherefore Judas commanded a pro clamation to be made throughout the host, that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was.

50 So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted the city all that day and all that night, till at the length the city was delivered into his hands :

51 Who then flew all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and