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12 Many of us have already been killed. Come rescue us! 13 All the Jewish men in the region of Tob[a] have been killed, their wives and their children have been taken captive, and their possessions have been carried off. A force of about 1,000 men has been destroyed there.

14 This letter was still being read when other messengers, who had torn their clothes in sorrow, arrived with a report from Galilee.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 5:13 in the region of Tob; or who were fighting with Tobias.

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