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So he immediately sent to the towns on the seacoast, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves and promising to hand over ninety slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment from the Almighty that was about to overtake him.
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Word came to Judas concerning Nicanor's invasion; and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army,
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those who were cowardly and distrustful of God's justice ran off and got away.
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Others sold all their remaining property, and at the same time implored the Lord to rescue those who had been sold by the ungodly Nicanor before he ever met them,
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if not for their own sake, then for the sake of the covenants made with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name.
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