13 All our kindred who were in the land of Tubias have been put to death. They have carried their wives, their children, and their stuff into captivity. They destroyed about a thousand men there.” (WEB) 14 While the letters were still being read, behold, other messengers came from Galilee with their clothes torn, bringing a similar report, (WEB) 15 saying, “People of Ptolemais, of Tyre, of Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles have gathered together to destroy us.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 5:13–15
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