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Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they took much gold, silver, blue, sea purple, and great riches.
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Verse 23. Sea. This sort of purple was most esteemed. The art of dying it is now lost. The merchants’ goods fell into the hands of the Jews. The pursuit was interrupted by the sabbath. At various times Bacchides and Timothy lost above 20,000; Phylarchus and Callisthenese perished; and Nicanor saved himself by flight. The booty was laid up in places of security. 2 B. 8:25. 30.
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