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Then he marched against the land of Ammon, where he met a large and powerful army under the command of a man named Timothy.

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Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people, with Timothy as their leader.(A)

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[a](A)Then he crossed over to the Ammonites, where he found a strong army and a large body of people with Timothy as their leader.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:6–8 This summary anticipates the order of events and would fit better between vv. 36 and 37. It corresponds to 2 Mc 12:17–23. The action was probably a reprisal for the massacre referred to in 1 Mc 5:13. Timothy may have been a local ruler, or the Seleucid governor of Transjordan. Jazer: a town on the road from the Jordan to Amman.

Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people, with Timothy as their leader.

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