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1 Maccabees 16:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They sounded the trumpets; and Cendebaeus and his army were put to flight, and many of them fell wounded to death, but those who were left fled to the stronghold. "

1 Maccabees 16:8

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6 He encamped near them, he and his people. He saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first. When the men saw him, they passed over after him.

7 He divided the people, and placed the cavalry in the midst of the infantry; but the enemies’ cavalry were exceedingly many.

8 They sounded the trumpets; and Cendebaeus and his army were put to flight, and many of them fell wounded to death, but those who were left fled to the stronghold.

9 At that time Judas, John’s brother, was wounded; but John pursued after them until he came to Kidron, which Cendebaeus had built.

10 They fled to the towers that are in the fields of Azotus; and he burned them with fire. About two thousand men of them fell. Then he returned into Judea in peace.

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1 Maccabees 15:40

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"When the band of Judas, who led the first division, appeared in sight, and when terror and fear came upon the enemy, because the manifestation of him who sees all things came upon them, they fled in every direction, carried this way and that, so that they were often injured by their own men, and pierced with the points of their own swords."

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"and taking Maccabaeus in the midst of them, and covering him with their own armor, guarded him from wounds, while they shot arrows and thunderbolts at the enemies. For this reason, they were blinded and thrown into confusion, and were cut to pieces, filled with bewilderment."

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"But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord."

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1 Maccabees 16:1

"John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing."

1 Maccabees 16:2

"Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, so that we have often delivered Israel."

1 Maccabees 16:3

"But now I am old, and you moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age. Take the place of me and my brother, and go out and fight for our nation; and let the help which is from heaven be with you."

1 Maccabees 16:4

"He chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war and cavalry, and they went against Cendebaeus, and slept at Modin."

1 Maccabees 16:5

"Rising up in the morning, they went into the plain, and, behold, a great army of infantry and cavalry came to meet them. There was a brook between them."

1 Maccabees 16:6

"He encamped near them, he and his people. He saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first. When the men saw him, they passed over after him."

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