24 And he pursued him from the descent of Bethhoron, even to the plains. And eight hundred of their men were cut down, but the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
25 And the fear and dread of Judas, as well as his brothers, fell upon all the nations around them.
26 And his name reached even to the king, and all the nations told stories of the battles of Judas.
27 But when king Antiochus heard these accounts, he was angry to his very soul. And he sent and gathered together forces from his entire kingdom, a very strong army.
28 And he opened his treasury, and he gave out stipends to the army for a year. And he commanded them to make ready for all things.
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