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6:12. But now I remember the evils that I did in Jerusalem, from whence
also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver, that were in it,
and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
6:13. I know, therefore, that for this cause these evils have found me:
and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
6:14. Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent
over all his kingdom.
6:15. And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he
should go to Antiochus, his son, and should bring him up for the
kingdom.
6:16. So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-
nine.
6:17. And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up
Antiochus, his son, to reign, whom he had brought up young: and he
called his name Eupator.
6:18. Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round
about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and
to strengthen the Gentiles.
6:19. And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the
people, to besiege them.
6:20. And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred
and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
6:21. And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel
joined themselves unto them.
6:22. And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to
execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren?
6:23. We determined to serve thy father, and to do according to his
orders, and obey his edicts:
6:24. And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have
slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our
inheritances.
6:25. Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also
against all our borders.
6:26. And behold they have approached this day to the castle of
Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the strong hold of
Bethsura:
6:27. And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things
than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.
6:28. Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together
all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over
the horsemen.
6:29. There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of
the sea, hired troops.
6:30. And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and
twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants trained to battle.
6:31. And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and
fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth, and
burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.
But they sallied forth... That is, the citizens of Bethsura sallied
forth and burnt them, that is, burnt the engines of the besiegers.
6:32. And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to
Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp.
6:33. And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march
on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made
themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:
6:34. And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries,
to provoke them to fight.
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