1 Maccabees 7:40

40 But Judas pitched camp in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,

1 Maccabees 7:40 In-Context

38 Be avenged upon this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer."

39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem and pitched his tents in Beth-horon, where a host out of Syria met him.

40 But Judas pitched camp in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,

41 "O Lord, when those who were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed, Thine angel went out and smote a hundred fourscore and five thousand of them.

42 Even so destroy Thou this host before us this day, that the rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against Thy sanctuary, and judge Thou him according to his wickedness."