Now viewing scripture range from the book of 1 Maccabees chapter 4:1 through chapter 4:2...
1 Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night;
2 To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.
Why is this book in the Bible?