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They advanced in battle order, having their heavenly ally, for the Lord had mercy on them.
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They hurled themselves like lions against the enemy, and laid low eleven thousand of them and sixteen hundred cavalry, and forced all the rest to flee.
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Most of them got away stripped and wounded, and Lysias himself escaped by disgraceful flight.
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As he was not without intelligence, he pondered over the defeat that had befallen him, and realized that the Hebrews were invincible because the mighty God fought on their side. So he sent to them
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and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.
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