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Let it be shown to all the Gentiles that you are with us, O Lord, and have not turned your face from us; but just as you have said, `Not even when they were in the land of their enemies did I neglect them,' so accomplish it, O Lord."
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Just as Eleazar was ending his prayer, the king arrived at the hippodrome with the beasts and all the arrogance of his forces.
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And when the Jews observed this they raised great cries to heaven so that even the nearby valleys resounded with them and brought an uncontrollable terror upon the army.
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Then the most glorious, almighty, and true God revealed his holy face and opened the heavenly gates, from which two glorious angels of fearful aspect descended, visible to all but the Jews.
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They opposed the forces of the enemy and filled them with confusion and terror, binding them with immovable shackles.
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Even the king began to shudder bodily, and he forgot his sullen insolence.
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The beasts turned back upon the armed forces following them and began trampling and destroying them.
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Then the king's anger was turned to pity and tears because of the things that he had devised beforehand.
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For when he heard the shouting and saw them all fallen headlong to destruction, he wept and angrily threatened his friends, saying,
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"You are committing treason and surpassing tyrants in cruelty; and even me, your benefactor, you are now attempting to deprive of dominion and life by secretly devising acts of no advantage to the kingdom.
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Who is it that has taken each man from his home and senselessly gathered here those who faithfully have held the fortresses of our country?