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15 drove back the right wing and pursued them as far as Mount Azotus.[a] 16 But when those on the left wing observed that the right wing had been crushed, they reversed direction and closely followed Judas and his men, attacking them from the rear. 17 The battle was fought desperately, and many on both sides fell.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 9:15 Mount Azotus: some think that this should read mountain slopes because of a scribal error confusing the word ashdot (“slopes”) with ashdod (“Azotus”).