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Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
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Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to Bethoron: and an army of Syria joined him.
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But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed, and said:
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O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sennacherib blasphemed thee, an angel went out, and slew of them a hundred and eighty-five thousand:
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Even so destroy this army in our sight to day, and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill against thy sanctuary: and judge thou him according to his wickedness.