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When they perceived this they were greatly frightened, and when they also saw the army of Judas drawn up in the plain for battle,
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they all fled into the land of the Philistines.
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Then Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they seized much gold and silver, and cloth dyed blue and sea purple, and great riches.
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On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.
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Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.
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Those of the foreigners who escaped went and reported to Lysias all that had happened.
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When he heard it, he was perplexed and discouraged, for things had not happened to Israel as he had intended, nor had they turned out as the king had commanded him.
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But the next year he mustered sixty thousand picked infantrymen and five thousand cavalry to subdue them.
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They came into Idumea and encamped at Beth-zur, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
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When he saw that the army was strong, he prayed, saying, "Blessed art thou, O Savior of Israel, who didst crush the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of thy servant David, and didst give the camp of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan, the son of Saul, and of the man who carried his armor.
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So do thou hem in this army by the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be ashamed of their troops and their cavalry.