1 Maccabees 5:35-37

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³⁵Next he turned aside to Al′ema,^[a]^[b] and fought against it and took it; and he killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire. ³⁶From there he marched on and took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other cities of Gil′ead.

³⁷After these things Timothy gathered another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream.

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Footnotes

1 Maccabees 5:35 The name is uncertain
5.35 Vulgate reads “Maspha” (i.e., Mizpah) for Alema; cf. note e.

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