passed through Samaria.

1 Mac 5:67
At that time certain priests, desirous to shew their valour,
were slain in battle, for that they went out to fight
unadvisedly.

1 Mac 5:68
So Judas turned to Azotus in the land of the Philistines, and
when he had pulled down their altars, and burned their carved
images with fire, and spoiled their cities, he returned into the
land of Judea.

1 Mac 6:1
About that time king Antiochus travelling through the high
countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a
city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold;

1 Mac 6:2
And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were
coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which
Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first
among the Grecians, had left there.

1 Mac 6:3
Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil
it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had
warning thereof,

1 Mac 6:4
Rose up against him in battle: so he fled, and departed
thence with great heaviness, and returned to Babylon.

1 Mac 6:5
Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia,
that the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put
to flight:

1 Mac 6:6
And that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power was
driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the
armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of
the armies, whom they had destroyed:

1 Mac 6:7
Also that they had pulled down the abomination, which he had
set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed
about the sanctuary with high walls, as before, and his city
Bethsura.

1 Mac 6:8
Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and
sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell
sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked
for.

1 Mac 6:9
And there he continued many days: for his grief was ever more
and more, and he made account that he should die.

1 Mac 6:10
Wherefore he called for all his friends, and said unto them,
The sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart faileth for very
care.

1 Mac 6:11
And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come,
and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I
was bountiful and beloved in my power.

1 Mac 6:12
But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and
that I took all the vessels of gold and silver that were
therein