36
At this the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple; they wept and said,
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"You chose this house to be called by your name, and to be for your people a house of prayer and supplication.
38
Take vengeance on this man and on his army, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and let them live no longer."
39
Now Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-horon, and the Syrian army joined him.
40
Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said,
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