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Now when those who were with Maccabeus heard that he besieged the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentation and tears besought the Lord that He would send a good angel to deliver Israel.
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Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons, exhorting the others that they would jeopardize themselves together with him to help their brethren; so they went forth together with a willing mind.
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And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armor of gold.
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Then they praised the merciful God all together and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
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Thus they marched forward with their armor, having a helper from heaven, for the Lord was merciful unto them.
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And charging upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven thousand footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the others to flight.
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Many of them also, being wounded, escaped naked; and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and so escaped.
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As he was a man of understanding, cogitating to himself what loss he had had and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them,
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and persuaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions, and promised that he would persuade the king that he must indeed be a friend unto them.
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Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired, being concerned for the common good; and whatsoever Maccabeus wrote unto Lysias concerning the Jews, the king granted it.
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For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting: