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1 Maccabees 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 First Battles of Judas. Then Apollonius[a] united the Gentiles with a large army from Samaria to wage war against Israel. 11 On learning this, Judas marched out to confront him, and he defeated and killed him. Many fell wounded, and those who survived took flight. 12 Then their spoils were seized. The sword of Apollonius was taken by Judas, who used it in his battles for the rest of his life.
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- 1 Maccabees 3:10 Apollonius is probably the same Mysian “collector of tribute” who the year before had carried out a great slaughter at Jerusalem, imposing Hellenism by force of arms (see 1 Mac 1:29-34). Inasmuch as he was a strategist from Samaria (and its governor, according to Josephus), we can understand how he could gather together a large army of Samaritans, whose enmity toward the Jews was long-established and deep-seated (see Ezr 4:1-5; Neh 4:1-2; 12:28).
