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Judas gave his men the battle cry, "Victory comes from God," and that night, with a picked force of his bravest young men, he attacked the area near the king's tent and killed as many as 2,000 men. They also stabbed to death the lead elephant and its keeper.
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Everyone in camp was terrified and in panic when Judas and his men finally left victoriously
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just before dawn. The help and protection of the Lord had made all this possible.
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This taste of Jewish daring was enough to convince King Antiochus that he had to find some better way of capturing the Jewish positions.
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He attacked the strong Jewish fort of Bethzur, but was repeatedly beaten back and finally defeated.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.