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7:16. And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew
them in one day, according to the word that is written: 7:17. The flesh
of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about
Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
7:18. Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said:
There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the
covenant, and the oath which they made.
7:19. And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in
Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from
him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.
7:20. Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops
to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 7:21. But Alcimus did
what he could to maintain his chief priesthood.
7:22. And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got
the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel.
7:23. And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with
him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles.
7:24. And he went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took
vengeance upon the men that had revolted, and they ceased to go forth
any more into the country.
7:25. And Alcimus saw that Judas and they that were with him, prevailed:
and he knew that he could not stand against them, and he went back to
the king, and accused them of many crimes.
7:26. And the king sent Nicanor, one of his principal lords, who was a
great enemy to Israel: and he commanded him to destroy the people.
7:27. And Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army, and he sent to
Judas and to his brethren deceitfully, with friendly words,
7:28. Saying: Let there be no fighting between me and you: I will come
with a few men, to see your faces with peace.
7:29. And he came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably: and
the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by force.
7:30. And the thing was known to Judas that he was come to him with
deceit: and he was much afraid of him, and would not see his face any
more.
7:31. And Nicanor knew that his counsel was discovered: and he went out
to fight against Judas, near Capharsalama.
7:32. And there fell of Nicanor's army almost five thousand men, and
they fled into the city of David.
7:33. And after this Nicanor went up into mount Sion: and some of the
priests and the people came out to salute him peaceably, and to shew him
the holocausts that were offered for the king.
7:34. But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke
proudly,
7:35. And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered
into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this
house. And he went out in a great rage.
7:36. And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar
and the temple: and weeping, they said:
7:37. Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called
upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for
thy people.
7:38. Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the
sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continne any
longer.
7:39. Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to
Bethoron: and an army of Syria joined him.
7:40. But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas
prayed, and said:
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