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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 slew eleven thousand of them and sixteen hundred horsemen, 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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And as he was not without intelligence, he pondered over the defeat which 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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