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2 Maccabees 10:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 10:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 Falling upon the steps before the altar, they implored him to be gracious to them and to be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares.(A) 27 And rising from their prayer they took up their arms and advanced a considerable distance from the city, and when they came near the enemy they halted. 28 Just as dawn was breaking, the two armies joined battle, the one having as pledge of success and victory not only their valor but also their reliance on the Lord, while the other made rage their leader in the fight.
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