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Testament of Judah 6
Judah recounts three engagements near Chuzeba: a battle against the men of Jobel and their Selom allies, whom he and his forces destroy completely; a second fight on the fifth day against the men of Machir, who come to reclaim captives but are cut down before they reach the hill; and a final assault on Machir's city, whose women throw stones from the heights until Judah and Simeon flank the city, seize the high ground, and raze it entirely. The chapter is military narrative without prophetic or covenantal content.
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And when I was at the waters of Chuzeba, the men of Jobel came against us to battle, and we fought with them; and their allies from Selom we slew, and we allowed them no means of escaping, and of coming against us. And the men of Machir came upon us on the fifth day, to carry away our captives; and we attacked them, and overcame them in fierce battle: for they were a host and mighty in themselves, and we slew them before they had gone up the ascent of the hill. And when we came to their city, their women rolled upon us stones from the brow of the hill on which the city stood. And I and Simeon hid ourselves behind the town, and seized upon the heights, and utterly destroyed the whole city.
