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33 Strike them down with the sword
of those who love you,
    and let all who know your name
    praise you with hymns.

34 Then both sides attacked each other. Five thousand men from Lysias’ army died in the fighting. 35 Lysias saw his troops being defeated and took note of the boldness that inspired Judas’ troops—how ready they were to live or die bravely. So he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries so that he could invade Judea again with an even bigger army.

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