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Lysias withdraws with royal survivors while the Judean line remains far behind on a separate terrace.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 4

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 4:35

    Lysias Leaves for Antioch

    The Sanctuary Dedicated Again · 1 Maccabees 4

    Story guide: Lysias withdraws with royal survivors from Beth-zur, then addresses fresh recruits in an Antioch staging court to strengthen his force.

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    35But when Lysias saw the rout that had happened to his own force, and the boldness that had arisen in Judas’s men, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he departed for Antioch, and recruited foreign troops, intending, after becoming stronger in number, to come again into Judea.

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