1 Judas, also named the Maccabee, and his companions went secretly into the villages and called together their relatives and those who continued to follow Judaism, enlisting a force of about six thousand soldiers.
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Judas, also named the Maccabee, and his companions went secretly into the villages and called together their relatives and those who continued to follow Judaism, enlisting a force of about six thousand soldiers.
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They called on the Lord to look on the people who were oppressed by all, to take pity on the temple that was degraded by ungodly people,
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and to have mercy on the city that was being destroyed and about to be leveled. They called on the Lord to listen to the shed blood of those who had appealed to God for help,
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to remember the needless massacre of innocent infants, and to show his hatred of the evil things said against his name.
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Once he organized his army, the Maccabee couldn't be stopped by the Gentiles, because the Lord's wrath had turned into mercy.