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Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor's coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,
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They that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, and conveyed themselves away.
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Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord to deliver them, sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together:
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And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by which they were called.
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So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight manfully,