When Judas and his small army went to meet him, they said to him, "How are our few soldiers going to beat so large an army?" Judas said, "God is on our side, so the numbers don't matter. The Lord himself will overthrow them." 3:16
Judas slaughtered the descendants of Esau. And he burned to death the children of Bean in a tower.
5:3-4
Simon defeated the heathens in Galilee. He killed 3000 and took their wives, children, and possessions.
5:21-22
Simon defeated the heathens in Galilee. He killed 3000 and took their wives, children, and possessions. 5:21
Judas and his army marched to Bosar, burned the city, and killed every male, and took their spoils. 5:28
Judas and his army marched to Bosar, burned the city, and killed every male, and took their spoils.
5:29
Judas did unto the city of Maspha as he did to Bosor -- burning it to the ground after kiling every male "with the edge of the sword." 5:35
Judas did unto the city of Maspha as he did to Bosor -- burning it to the ground after kiling every male "with the edge of the sword." And then he did likewise to "Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the rest of the cities of Galaad."
5:35-35
Then he did likewise to "Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the rest of the cities of Galaad." 5:36
The heathens threw down their weapons and ran into the temple.
Then Judas burned the temple and the city.
5:43-44
The heathens threw down their weapons and ran into the temple. Then Judas burned the temple and the city.
5:43-44
Judas gathered the Israelites and came to the great city of Ephron. The residents closed the gates, and Judas said to them, "Let us pass through you land and no one will get hurt." But the citizens of Ephron wouldn't open their gates. So Judas commanded his soldiers to attack Ephron, kill every male, and then burn it. And his army killed every male, in the city, took all the spoils, and then burned it.
5:45-51
When Joseph and Azarias heard about the Maccabees brothers' killings, they said, "Let's become famous by killing some of our Gentile neighbors."
5:56-57
Joseph and Azarias went go Jamnia to fight Gorgias and his men. About 2000 of their soldiers died, because Joseph and Azarias didn't hearken to Judas, and "were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel."
5:58-62
Judas and his brethren attacked the children of Esau, and burned walls and towers in Chebron. They went on to Samaria and Azotus in the land of the strangers, where they destroyed their altars, butned their statues, and took the spoils of their cities.
5:65-68
Judas saw what Alcimus had done to the Israelites, and took revenge on the men who deserted. 7:23-24
The priests went to the temple and said while weeping, "Remember their blasphemies and kill Nicanor and his army." 7:36-38
here was peace in Israel.
And Jonathan killed all the wicked people who lived there.
9:73-73
