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• Judas, the brother of John, fell wounded, but John pursued the enemies until Cendebeus reached Kedron which he had fortified. (1 Maccabees 16, 9)

• Heliodorus fell to the ground, enveloped in great darkness; then his men took him up and put him on a stretcher. (2 Maccabees 3, 27)

• As a false rumor spread that Antiochus had died, Jason gathered together about ten thousand men and launched a surprise attack on the city. The troops upon the walls defended the city, but once these were taken, the whole city fell into the hands of Jason, while Menelaus took refuge in the Citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)

• He ordered that the Sacred Book be read, and he gave them their watchword "Help from God"; then, he himself led the first battalion, and fell on Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 8, 23)

• But this did not diminish his arrogance. In his rage against the Jews, he gave orders to journey ahead with even more speed. Yet, because his chariot was running very fast, Antiochus fell and his physical condition worsened. (2 Maccabees 9, 7)

• They carried on with their assaults and the place fell into their power. They repelled those who fought on the ramparts, slaughtered all who fell into their hands, and killed more than twenty thousand men. (2 Maccabees 10, 17)

• They surrounded Maccabeus and defended him with their weapons, making him invulnerable. At the same time, they rained arrows and thunderbolts on the enemy, who in turn fell and were dispersed in great disorder, blinded and confused. (2 Maccabees 10, 30)

• Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus' and Sosipater's troops. He very cunningly pleaded with them to let him go, for, as he said, he had the parents and brothers of most of the Jews in his power and they would surely be put to death if he were to be killed. (2 Maccabees 12, 24)

• The battle began and some fell in the ranks of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 12, 34)

• But when he fell upon his sword, he did not hit exactly, so when he saw the troops were now rushing in through the gates, he gathered enough strength to climb to the top of the tower, and manfully threw himself down upon the soldiers. (2 Maccabees 14, 43)

• But they quickly withdrew, so he fell into an empty space. (2 Maccabees 14, 44)

• Once born, I breathed the air common to everyone; I fell on the earth, the same for all; my first cry was like that of other infants. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 3)