1 Maccabees 7:38-40

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³⁸Take vengeance on this man and on his army,
and let them fall by the sword;
remember their blasphemies,
and let them live no longer.”

The Death of Nicanor

³⁹Now Nica′nor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-hor′on, and the Syrian army joined him. ⁴⁰And Judas encamped in Ad′asa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said,

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