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1 Maccabees 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Maccabees 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wars with Neighboring Peoples
5 When the Gentiles all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as it was before, they became very angry, 2 and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people. 3 But Judas made war on the descendants of Esau in Idumea, at Akrabattene, because they kept lying in wait for Israel. He dealt them a heavy blow and humbled them and despoiled them.
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