1 Maccabees 4:4
Good News Translation
while Gorgias and his troops were still away from the camp.

New Revised Standard Version
while the division was still absent from the camp.

New American Bible
while these forces were still scattered away from the camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp

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For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp

1 Maccabees 4:2
That they might come upon the camp of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.

1 Maccabees 4:3
And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to attack the king's forces that were in Emmaus.

1 Maccabees 4:5
And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.

1 Maccabees 4:6
And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:

Context
1 Maccabees 4
3And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to attack the king's forces that were in Emmaus. 4For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp 5And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 4:2
That they might come upon the camp of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.

1 Maccabees 4:3
And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to attack the king's forces that were in Emmaus.

1 Maccabees 4:5
And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.

1 Maccabees 4:6
And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:



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1 Maccabees 4:3
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