1 Maccabees 15:37-39
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Victory over Cendebeus. 37 Trypho had boarded a ship and escaped to Orthosia.[a] 38 Then the king appointed Cendebeus commander-in-chief of the seacoast, and gave him infantry and cavalry forces. 39 He ordered him to encamp against Judea and to fortify Kedron[b] and strengthen its gates, so that he could wage war on the people. Meanwhile the king went in pursuit of Trypho.
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