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Now in the same way let your people Israel defeat our enemy. Put them to shame, in spite of all their confidence in their infantry and cavalry.
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Make them afraid; let their bold strength melt away; let them tremble at the prospect of defeat.
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We love and worship you; so let us kill our enemies, that we may then sing your praises."
34
The battle began, and in the hand-to-hand fighting about 5,000 of Lysias' men were killed.
35
When Lysias saw that his army was being defeated and when he saw the reckless courage of Judas and his men, who showed that they were ready to live or die with honor, he returned to Antioch. There he recruited some mercenaries and planned to return to Judea later with a much larger army.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.