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1 Maccabees 9
1 Maccabees 9:45
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The enemy is in front of us, the river is behind us, and marshes and thickets are on both sides of us; there is no way out.
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Bacchides heard about this and arrived on the Sabbath at the banks of the Jordan with a large army.
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Jonathan said to his men, "Now we must fight for our lives. We are in a worse situation than we have ever been in before.
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The enemy is in front of us, the river is behind us, and marshes and thickets are on both sides of us; there is no way out.
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So pray now for the Lord to save us from our enemies."
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The battle began and Jonathan and his men were just about to kill Bacchides, when he escaped to the rear of the army.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.