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Then all the transgressors of the law held a council and said: "Jonathan and his companions are living in peace and security. Now then, let us have Bacchides return, and he will capture all of them in a single night." (1 Maccabees 9, 58)
When Bacchides was setting out with a large force, he sent letters secretly to all his allies in Judea, telling them to seize Jonathan and his companions. They were not able to do this, however, because their plot became known. (1 Maccabees 9, 60)
Then Jonathan and Simon and their companions withdrew to Bethbasi in the desert; they rebuilt and strengthened its fortifications that had been demolished. (1 Maccabees 9, 62)
These, upon learning that Jonathan had been captured and his companions killed, encouraged one another and went out in compact body ready to fight. (1 Maccabees 12, 50)
Simon decreed that this day should be celebrated every year with rejoicing. He also strengthened the fortifications of the temple hill alongside the citadel, and he and his companions dwelt there. (1 Maccabees 13, 52)
Meanwhile, Numenius and his companions left Rome with letters such as this addressed to various kings and countries: (1 Maccabees 15, 15)
Then they opened a hidden trapdoor in the ceiling, hurled stones at the leader and his companions and struck them down. They dismembered the bodies, cut off their heads and tossed them to the people outside. (2 Maccabees 1, 16)
Nehemiah and his companions called the liquid nephthar, meaning purification, but most people named it naphtha. (2 Maccabees 1, 36)
Soon some of the companions of Heliodorus begged Onias to invoke the Most High, praying that the life of the man who was about to expire might be spared. (2 Maccabees 3, 31)
But Judas Maccabeus and about nine others withdrew to the wilderness, where he and his companions lived like wild animals in the hills, continuing to eat what grew wild to avoid sharing the defilement. (2 Maccabees 5, 27)
Judas Maccabeus and his companions entered the villages, secretly, summoned their kinsmen, and by also enlisting others who remained faithful to Judaism, assembled about six thousand men. (2 Maccabees 8, 1)
When Judas learned of Nicanor's advance and informed his companions about the approach of the army, (2 Maccabees 8, 12)