36
Then the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple, and they wept and said,
37
"Thou didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be for thy people a house of prayer and supplication.
38
Take vengeance on this man and on his army, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and let them live no longer."
39
Now Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-horon, and the Syrian army joined him.
40
And Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said,
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