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Judas and his volunteers face a plum-clothed force blocking a rocky passage.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 5

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 5:3

    The Akrabattene Campaign

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: Judas advances against the blocking force; its warriors retreat before his company gathers the equipment.

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    3And Judas fought against the sons of Esau in Judea, in the Akrabattene region, because they were hemming in Israel. And he struck them with a great blow, and humbled them, and took their spoils.

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