45 Now send them away to their homes, but choose for yourself a few men who shall be with you, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will give it to you, and the rest of the strongholds and the rest of the forces, and all the king’s officers. Then I will turn around and depart; for this is why I came.” (WEB) 46 He put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah. (WEB) 47 But he reserved to himself three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee, but one thousand went with him. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:45–47
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