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And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said:
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Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.
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Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
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Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to Bethoron: and an army of Syria joined him.
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But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed, and said: