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And Gorgias saw that his men were put to flight, ad that they had set fire to the camp: for the smoke that was seen declared what was done.
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And when they had seen this, they were seized with great fear, seeing at the same time Judas and his army in the plain ready to fight.
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So they all fled away into the land of the strangers.
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And Judas returned to take the spoils of the camp, and they got much gold, and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great riches.
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And returning home they sung a hymn, and blessed God in heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
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So Israel had a great deliverance that day.
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And such of the strangers as escaped, went and told Lysias all that had happened.
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And when he heard these things, he was amazed and discouraged: because things had not succeeded in Israel according to his mind, and as the king had commanded.
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So the year following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand chosen men, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
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And they came into Judea, and pitched their tents in Bethoron, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
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And they saw that the army was strong, and he prayed, and said: Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst break the violence of the mighty by the hand of thy servant David, and didst deliver up the camp of the strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul and of his armourbearer.