1 Maccabees
King James Version (KJV)
1 Maccabees 6:31
“These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.”
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1 Maccabees 6:31 Context
28Now when the king heard this, he was angry, and gathered together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and those that had charge of the horse. 29There came also unto him from other kingdoms, and from isles of the sea, bands of hired soldiers. 30So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle. 31These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly. 32Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in Bathzacharias, over against the king's camp. 33Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias, where his armies made them ready to battle, and sounded the trumpets. 34And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries.
"These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly." 1 Maccabees 6:31 KJV Similar Verses Save
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These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura which they assaulted many daies, making engines of warre: but they [of Bethsura] came out, and burnt them with fire, and fought valiantly.
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