OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 12:11

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And when a hard battle had been fought, and Judas and his company, by the help of God, had good success, the nomads being overcome implored Judas to grant them friendship, promising to give him livestock, and to help his people in all other ways.

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Verse 11. Rest. Greek “the Nomades,” ( Bible.) who dwelt in tents, and lived on plunder, (Strabo xvi.) like Ismael. Genesis 16:12.

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