27
When he heard it, he was perplexed and discouraged. Things hadn't happened to Israel as he had intended, and they hadn't turned out the way that the king commanded.
28
The next year he gathered together sixty thousand select men and five thousand cavalry, intending to subdue the Israelites.
29
They came to Idumea and camped at Beth-zur. Judas, on the other hand, went out to meet them with ten thousand men.
30
When Judas saw how numerous their army was, he prayed: Blessed are you, Savior of Israel, who crushed the attack of the mighty warrior through the power of your servant David. You handed over the camp of the Philistines to Saul's son Jonathanand and the man who carried his armor.
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So surround this army by the power of your people Israel, and let them be disappointed by their troops and cavalry.