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But not long after this, Timotheus prepared a great army, and took
many others as auxiliaries; and induced some of the Arabians, by the promise
of rewards, to go with him in this expedition, and came with his army beyond
the brook, over against the city Raphon; and he encouraged his soldiers,
if it came to a battle with the Jews, to fight courageously, and to hinder
their passing over the brook; for he said to them beforehand, that "if
they come over it, we shall be beaten." And when Judas heard that
Timotheus prepared himself to fight, he took all his own army, and went
in haste against Timotheus his enemy; and when he had passed over the brook,
he fell upon his enemies, and some of them met him, whom he slew, and others
of them he so terrified, that he compelled them to throw down their arms
and fly; and some of them escaped, but some of them fled to what was called
the Temple of Camaim, and hoped thereby to preserve themselves; but Judas
took the city, and slew them, and burnt the temple, and so used several
ways of destroying his enemies.
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