OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 5:9

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The Gentiles who were in Gilead gathered themselves together against the Israelites who were on their borders, to destroy them. They fled to the stronghold of Dathema,

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Verse 9. Galaad. Most of the towns had been seized by the Ammonites, and so forth After the return of the captives, they were probably driven out. They attempted to regain possession, when Epiphanes declared against the Jews.—Datheman; Petra, ( Calmet.) or perhaps Rathma. Numbers 33:18. Drus.

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