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1 Maccabees 5:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He left there at night, and went until he came to the stronghold. "

1 Maccabees 5:29

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27 and how they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the land of Gilead, and that tomorrow they planned to encamp against the strongholds, and to take them, and to destroy all these men in one day.

28 Judas and his army turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness to Bosora; and he took the city, and killed all the males with the edge of the sword, took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire.

29 He left there at night, and went until he came to the stronghold.

30 When the morning came, they lifted up their eyes and saw many people who couldn’t be counted, bearing ladders and engines of war, to take the stronghold; and they were fighting against them.

31 Judas saw that the battle had begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets and a great sound,

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"Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah."

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1 Maccabees 5:1

"It came to pass, when the Gentiles all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as before, they were exceedingly angry."

1 Maccabees 5:2

"They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people."

1 Maccabees 5:3

"Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumaea at Akrabattine, because they besieged Israel. He struck them with a great slaughter, humbled them, and took their spoils."

1 Maccabees 5:4

"He remembered the wickedness of the children of Baean, who were a snare and a stumbling block to the people, lying in wait for them on the highways."

1 Maccabees 5:5

"They were shut up by him in the towers. He encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned with fire the towers of the place with all who were in them."

1 Maccabees 5:6

"He passed over to the children of Ammon, and found a mighty band and many people, with Timotheus for their leader."

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