1 Maccabees 5:52-59
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52 After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan.
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53 And Judas gathered together those that came behind, and exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea.
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54 So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
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55 Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
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56 Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done.
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57 Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.
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58 So when they had given charge unto the garrison that was with them, they went toward Jamnia.
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59 Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them.