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So now, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel to carry terror and trembling before us.
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By the might of thy arm may these blasphemers who come against thy holy people be struck down." With these words he ended his prayer.
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Nicanor and his men advanced with trumpets and battle songs;
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and Judas and his men met the enemy in battle with invocation to God and prayers.
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So, fighting with their hands and praying to God in their hearts, they laid low no less than thirty-five thousand men, and were greatly gladdened by God's manifestation.