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31 Twenty thousand five hundred of their infantry were slain, in addition to six hundred cavalry.

32 Timothy himself fled to a strongly garrisoned citadel called Gazara,[a] where Chaereas was in command. 33 For four days Maccabeus and his forces eagerly besieged the fortress,

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  1. 2 Maccabees 10:32 Gazara: mentioned much more often in 1 Maccabees (4:15; 9:52; 13:43, 53; 16:1), it is an ancient Canaanite city at the foot of the Judean mountains. According to another hypothesis, it should be read as Jazer as in 1 Mac 5:8.