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Then Nicanor and those who were with him came forward with trumpets and songs.
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But Judas and his company encountered the enemies with invocation and prayer,
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so that, fighting with their hands and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men; for by the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.
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Now when the battle was done, returning again with joy, they perceived that Nicanor lay dead in his armor.
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Then they made a great shout and a noise, praising the Almighty in their own language.
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And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor's head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
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So when he was there, and called those of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the tower,
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and showed them vile Nicanor's head and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.
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And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple.
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So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be He that hath kept His own place undefiled!
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He hung also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.