1 Machabees — Chapter 5

In this chapter is mention of ten battles in which Iudas or his brethren Ionathas and Simon were victors.

that were in Galilee & in Ar- batis with their wiues , and children, & al things that they had , and he brought them into Iurie with great ioy.24, And Iudas Machabeus, and Tonathas his brother paffed auerlordan , and went three dayesiourney through the defert. 25. And the Nabutheians met them, & receiued thé peaceably , & told them althings , that had happened totheir-brethren in the countrie of Galaad, 26.and that manie of them-were comprehen- ded in Barafa, and Bofor,and in Alimis, and in Cafphor, & Mageth, & Carnaim, al thefe cities fenfed, & great, 27, Yea andin the reft of the to remoue the armie nere tothefe cities and to take them,& to difpatch them inone day. 28, And Judas turned & his armie the way into Bofor fodenly , and tooke the citie : and he flew euerie male in the edge of the {word, & tooke al their fpoiles,& burnt in with fire, 29. And they arofe thence by night, & went euen to the forrreffe. 30. And it came to pafle early inthe morning when they had lifted vp their eyes,& behold muca people, wherof there was nonumber, carying ladders, & engins.to take the tortreffe, and they expugned them, 31, And Iudas faw thatthe batrel began and the crie of the battel afcended to heauenas atrumpet, aida great crie out ofthe citie : 32. & he fayd to his hoft: Fight ye to day for your brethren. 33. And he came with three rankes behind them.& they cried out with trumpets , & cried in prayer. 34. And the campe of Ti- mothee ynderftood that it was Machabeus , and they ficd backe fro his prefence: and they {truck them with a great plague: and there tel of them in that day almoft eightthoufand men. 35.And Judas turned afide into Mafpha, and expugned, & tooke it, and he flew euerie male therof,’ & he tooke the fpoiles therof, & burnt it with fyre. 36. From thence he marched, and tooke Cafbon, and Mageth, and Bolor,& the reft of the cities of Galaad. 37. But after thefe words Timothee gathered an other armic ,and camped againft Raphon beyond the torrent. 38. And Iudas fent to vew the armic: and they reported veto him, fayng: That al the nations , that are round about vs , are aflembled acaini{t vs, an ar- mic exceeding great: 39. andthey haue hyred the Arabians to helpe them, 20. Nam. OF MACHABEES. B69 them, & they haue camped beyond the torrent , being readie to come ynto thee into battel, And ludas went to meet them. 40.And Timothee fayd to the Princes of his armie : When Iudas fhal approch,& his armie to the torrent of water: if he paffe ouer vnto vs firft , we fhalnot beable to-fultaine him : becaufe preuayling he wil preuaile againft vs. 41. But if he be afrayd to paffe ouer , and campe wichout the river , let vs paffe ouer tothem,and we fhal preuaiie againft him. 42. Butas ludas appro- rent, & commanded them , faying : Leaue not a man : but let al come into the battel. 43.And he paffed ouer to them firft,& al the people after bim, & al the heathen were difcomfited at-theirprefence, &they threw away their weapons, & fledro the temple,that was in Carnaim. 44.And hetooke (g) the citie it-felf,& temple he burnt with fire,with al things that.were chereia:& Carnaim was fubdewed, & could not ftand againit the face ef ludas..45, And ludas gathered together al the Ifraelices,thar wercin the countric-of Galaad , from the leaft euen to the greateft, and their wiues , andchildren , and an armie exceeding great, to come into tie was great, fituate in the entrance, fenced exceedingly, and there was way was through the middes, 47. And-they that were in the cicie , fhut in themfelues, and {topped the gates with {tones : & Iudas fent to them in peaceable words, 48. faying:-Let vs paffe through your land , and goe into our tountrie ; and no man fhal hurt you, onlie onfoot we wil pafie, And they would not open vnto them. 49, And ludas comman- ded proclamation to be made in the campe , that they fhould approch euerie man in the place wherein he was. 50. andthe men of ftrength approched , and he affaulted that citie al the day , and al che night; and the citie was deliuered into his hand:g1. & they flew cueric male in the edge of the {word , and he rooted it vp , and tooke the fpoiles therof; & pafled: throughal the citie vpon the flaing.52.And they paffed ouer For- dan in thegreat playne, againft the tace of Bethfan, 53, Anddudas ga- thered together (i) the hinmoft, & he (A) exhorted the people though - out.al the way , tilthey came intotheland of luda :54. and they went vpinto mount Sion withioy andgladnes , and offered holocaufts be. caufe none of them was faltentilthey returned in peace.'55. Andin the dayes that ludas & lonathas werein the land of Galaad , & Simon his brother in Galilee againft the face of Prolomais,56.(/)lofeph the fonne of Zacharie heard, & Azatias , the Princes of the band , the things. wel atcheiued, and the battels that were-madc, 57..and he fayd : Letvs.alfo make vsaname, and let vs goe fight. againft tne heathen, that are round about vs. 58. And he commanded them that were in his armie, and they. went to lamnia. 59,. And Gergias went forth out-of she citie, aad his men to meete tnem into battel. 60, And lofeph and Aza rias were-chafed in fligh: euen vnto the borders-of lurie : and there. Ppopp” 2 ched to the torrent of water , he fer the {cribes ofthe people bythe'tor- - the land of fuda, 46. And they came as far as (&) Ephron : and this ci- no meanesto decline from it on the right hand or on the left , but the: fel: g) The fixth a- gainft the Car- nalunites, { h)The feuenth; againft the E- phronites, pious captaine’ comforreth the weake fouldiars: &i and encora- gedalto thew. their forti- ~Mude. j() Men that ‘prefume of their owne ftrength with out commif- fien from law- ful aufteritie } haue not Gods safiflance , and fo fayleintheir jattempres, as dnotcalled of ~ Godamongft thofe men , by} vs bom-faluasions jismade in Ifrael. \¥. 62, : cherifheth and- i) A good and! *)Theeighta- sainft the Idu- neans,in Che-} 2ron. n) The ninth igainf the Sa- mMaritanes, fo) The tenth againft the Philiftimes -in Azotus, i 870 -rael. 63, And the men of luda were- magnified exceedingly in the fight -of al Ifrael,and of al nations where their name was heard. 64, And they The ful hie Epiphaneshis death is writ- ten in this chapter to the 16.v, andinal the 9, of the fecond Book. Finally he re- Jrurned into the countrie of Babylon. of Antiochus ° ted with great forow , and rcrurned into Babylonia, 5. And there came FIRST BOOK fcl that day of the people of Iftacl about two thouland men ,and there was made a great cumult in the people:61. becaufe they heard not fudas, & his brethren , thinking thatthey fhould doe mantully. 62, Bucthey werenot of the feed of thofe men by whom ‘faluation was- made in I{- came together ynto them , with acclamations.for theie good fucceffe,

A good and pious captaine cherisheth and comforteth the weake souldiers: and encouraged al to shew their fortitude.

Men that presume of their owne strength without commission from lawful auctoritie haue not Gods assistance.