1 Maccabees 5:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 After seizing Jazer and its villages, he returned to Judea.
Liberation of Jews in Galilee and Gilead. 9 The Gentiles in Gilead assembled to destroy the Israelites who were in their territory; these then fled to the stronghold of Dathema.[a] 10 They sent a letter to Judas and his brothers saying: “The Gentiles around us have assembled against us to destroy us,
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