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2 Maccabees 8:1
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 8:1
New Catholic Bible
Liberation of the Holy City and the Temple
Chapter 8
Judas Maccabeus Conducts Guerrilla Warfare. 1 Meanwhile, Judas, who was also called Maccabeus, secretly entered the villages with his companions and enlisted in their ranks their kindred as well as others who had remained faithful to Judaism.[a] Having assembled a force of about six thousand,
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- 2 Maccabees 8:1 The narrative interrupted in 2 Mac 5:27 is taken up again here (see 1 Mac 1:26-64).