1 Maccabees 4:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Their whole rear guard fell by the sword, and they were pursued as far as Gazara[a] and the plains of Idumaea, to Azotus and Jamnia. About three thousand of their men fell.
16 When Judas and the army returned from the pursuit, 17 he said to the people: “Do not be greedy for plunder; for there is a fight ahead of us,
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- 4:15 Gazara: Gezer of the Hebrew Bible, five miles northwest of Emmaus; Azotus, Hebrew Ashdod, lay to the southwest; and Jamnia, Hebrew Jabneel (Jos 15:11) or Jabneh (2 Chr 26:6), to the west of Gazara.
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