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then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms and to do the king's business. Yet he prevailed not in having his wicked will done.
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So Nicanor, in exceeding pride and haughtiness, determined to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas and those who were with him.
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But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him.
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Therefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid which should come unto them from the Almighty.
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And so, comforting them out of the Law and the Prophets and thereby putting them in mind of the battles that they won before, he made them more cheerful.
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