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Having had an encounter with the forces of Timotheus and Bacchides, they killed more than twenty thousand of them, and made themselves masters of exceedingly high strongholds, and divided very much plunder, giving the maimed, orphans, widows, and the aged an equal share with themselves.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 30. Timotheus. Calmet. 10:24. The particulars of this war are not given. It seems to have taken place after the temple was purified. verse 31. We must distinguish this first war from another mentioned. Calmet. 10:24. and 1 B. 5:5. Judas defeated another Timotheus beyond the Jordan. Calmet. 12:10. and 1 Maccabees 5:11. 34. 37.
Or, wounded Greek shamefully handled.
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