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20 Meanwhile, Maccabeus divided his army into cohorts, with a commander in charge of each cohort,[a] and hurried in pursuit of Timothy, whose troops numbered one hundred and twenty thousand infantry and twenty-five hundred cavalry. 21 When Timothy learned of the approach of Judas, he sent off the women and the children and also the baggage to a place called Carnaim, which was hard to besiege and difficult to approach because of the narrowness of the passages of entry.

22 However, after the first cohort of Judas appeared, the enemy was stricken with terror and fear at the manifestation of the All-seeing One. In headlong flight, they scattered in every direction, so that frequently they were injured by their own comrades and run through by the points of their swords.

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  1. 2 Maccabees 12:20 Commander in charge of each cohort: that is, Dositheus over one and Sosipater over the other.