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1 Maccabees 7:40-42
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 7:40-42
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
40 Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said, 41 “When the messengers from the king spoke blasphemy, your angel went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand of the Assyrians.[a](A) 42 So also crush this army before us today; let the rest learn that Nicanor[b] has spoken wickedly against the sanctuary, and judge him according to this wickedness.”(B)
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