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To: ig who wrote (4421)	10/6/2024 7:26:26 PM
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There are about 100 Bible wars but they're differently categorized. Israelites on the defensive make up nearly all of them. They were attacked in the wilderness twice after they left Egypt. Twice at the Jordan after the 40 years but before they cross the river to Jericho. They are invaders of Canaan in the book of Joshua. It's the only time Israelites went on a campaign of conquest with a nation against whom they had no former animosity. After that, every war they fight is defensive except for 8 civil wars. They won about 2/3rds of them. They only lost due to apostasy from God. At the end of their kingdom period God sent Assyria and Babylon to exile them. But many returned from Babylon to be later conquered by the Greeks for a time, then Romans who destroyed them about 40 years after they had Jesus executed. The thumbnail showing the High Priest has a warrior with a hammer, that's Judas Maccabeus (Maccabeus is from the word for "hammer," a nickname for him). This was about 165 B.C., long after the Old Testament prophetic writings ended. He was the one who drove out the Greek Syrians and restored the Temple from being desecrated. Hanukah comes from that episode. That war is in 1 and 2 Maccabees. Those books are found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, but not in Protestant ones.