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About five hundred men of the army of Nicanor fell, and the rest fled into the city of David.
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After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, and some of the elders of the people, to greet him peaceably and to show him the burnt offering that was being offered for the king.
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But he mocked them and derided them and defiled them and spoke arrogantly,
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and in anger he swore this oath, "Unless Judas and his army are delivered into my hands this time, then if I return safely I will burn up this house." And he went out in great anger.
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Then the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple, and they wept and said,
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"Thou didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be for thy people a house of prayer and supplication.
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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."
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Now Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-horon, and the Syrian army joined him.
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And Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said,
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"When the messengers from the king spoke blasphemy, thy angel went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand of the Assyrians.
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So also crush this army before us today; let the rest learn that Nicanor has spoken wickedly against the sanctuary, and judge him according to this wickedness."