68 and fought against Bacchides, and he was defeated by them. They afflicted him severely; for his counsel and expedition was in vain. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:68
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1 Maccabees 9:31–33
31 So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas. (WEB) 32 When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him. (WEB) 33 Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoa… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:46–48
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2 Maccabees 13:18–20
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1 Maccabees 9:25–27
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1 Maccabees 5:6–8
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1 Maccabees 11:71–73
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1 Maccabees 9:13–15
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1 Maccabees 9:62–64
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