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2 Maccabees 7:2
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Then one of the young men said, "What do you hope to gain by doing this? We would rather die than abandon the traditions of our ancestors."
2 Maccabees 7:31
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You have thought up all kinds of cruel things to do to our people, but you won't escape the punishment that God has in store for you.
2 Maccabees 8:5
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When Judas had finally organized his forces, the Gentiles were unable to stand against him, because the Lord's anger against Israel had now turned to mercy.
2 Maccabees 8:17
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never forgetting the crimes the Gentiles had committed against the Temple and how they had made Jerusalem suffer terribly and had done away with Jewish traditions.
2 Maccabees 8:19
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Then Judas went on to remind them of the ways God had helped their ancestors: during the time of Sennacherib 185,000 of the enemy had been destroyed;
2 Maccabees 8:24
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Almighty God fought on their side, and they killed more than 9,000 of the enemy. They wounded many others and put the entire enemy army to flight.
2 Maccabees 9:29
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One of his close friends, Philip, took his body home; but, because he was afraid of Antiochus' son, he went on to King Ptolemy Philometor of Egypt.
2 Maccabees 10:20
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but some of Simon's men were greedy, and when they were offered 140 pounds of silver, they let some of the enemy escape from the forts.
2 Maccabees 10:26
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and lay face downward on the steps of the altar, begging God to help them by fighting against their enemies, as he had promised in his Law.
2 Maccabees 10:27
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When they had finished praying, they took up their weapons, went out a good distance from Jerusalem, and stopped for the night not far from the enemy.
2 Maccabees 11:8
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But they had not gone far from Jerusalem, when suddenly they noticed they were being led by a horseman dressed in white and carrying gold weapons.
2 Maccabees 11:12
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Most of those who ran were wounded and had lost their weapons, and Lysias himself managed to escape only because he ran away like a coward.
2 Maccabees 11:26
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Please inform them of this decision and assure them of my friendship, so that they may conduct their own affairs in peace, without anything to worry about."
2 Maccabees 12:7
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The gates of the city were locked, so Judas withdrew; but he was determined to return at some other time and wipe out everyone living there.
2 Maccabees 12:9
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So he attacked Jamnia at night, setting fire to its harbor and the ships there. The flames could be seen as far as Jerusalem, thirty miles away.
2 Maccabees 12:12
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Judas thought their friendship might prove useful in many ways, so he agreed to make peace with them; after that the Arabs returned to their tents.
2 Maccabees 12:17
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From the city of Caspin, Judas and his men marched about 95 miles, until they came to the Jewish settlement of Charax, near the city of Tob.
2 Maccabees 12:28
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But the Jews prayed for help to the Lord, who crushes the power of his enemies. So they captured the city and killed about 25,000 people.
2 Maccabees 13:21
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but a Jewish soldier by the name of Rhodocus gave some secret information to the enemy. He was found out, however, caught, and put to death.
2 Maccabees 14:1
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Three years later, Judas and his men learned that Demetrius son of Seleucus had sailed into the port of Tripolis with a powerful army and a fleet.