5 Amid all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor, and made it an entrance for the islands of the sea. (WEB) 6 He enlarged the borders of his nation and took possession of the country. (WEB) 7 He gathered together a great number of captives, and took control of Gazara, Bethsura, and the citadel, and he removed its uncleannesses from it. There was no one who resisted him. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:5–7
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