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1 Maccabees 9:1-2
Revised Standard Version
1 Maccabees 9:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Bacchides Returns to Judea
9 When Deme′trius heard that Nica′nor and his army had fallen in battle, he sent Bac′chides and Al′cimus into the land of Judah a second time, and with them the right wing of the army. 2 They went by the road which leads to Gilgal and encamped against Mes′aloth in Arbe′la, and they took it and killed many people.
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