1 Maccabees 12:24
“Now when Ionathan heard that Demetrius princes were come to fight against him with a greater hoste then afore,”
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1 Maccabees 12:24 Context
22Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, you shall doe well to write vnto vs of your prosperitie. 23We doe write backe againe to you, that your cattell and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We doe command therefore [our Embassadours] to make report vnto you on this wise. 24Now when Ionathan heard that Demetrius princes were come to fight against him with a greater hoste then afore, 25Hee remooued from Ierusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: for he gaue them no respite to enter his countrey. 26He sent spies also vnto their tents, who came againe, and tolde him, that they were appointed to come vpon them in the night season.
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Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore,
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