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When news of Nicanor's plan reached Judas, he told those with him about the imminent appearance of the military force.
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The cowardly and those who didn't trust God's judgment ran away and hid themselves.
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Some were selling all they possessed while at the same time calling on the Lord to rescue those whom Nicanor had sold even before they met.
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They asked that God do this, if not for their sake then for the sake of the covenants with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his revered and glorious name.
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The Maccabee gathered around him approximately six thousand men. He encouraged them not to be terrified by their enemies nor to fear the great number of Gentiles coming at them unjustly. Rather, they were to fight honorably