1 Maccabees 5:46
“All the battles of the nations signify the various wars of vices and errors. We have said that those nations which were in the land of Gilead and tried to capture the Israelites represented heretics and Jews; but now, with those who were in Carnaim subdued, again those who were in Ephron strive to resist Judas and his…”
46Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.
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44But they took the city, and burned the temple with all that were therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before Judas.
45Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.
— 1 Maccabees 5:46 —
47Then they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.
48Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.