2 Maccabees 10:26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ and kneeled down at the brink of the altar, (so) that he should be helpful to them, forsooth that to (the) enemies of them he were (an) enemy [or forsooth that he were (an) enemy to the enemies of them], and were (an) adversary to (their) adversaries, as the law saith.

²⁷ And so after (the) prayer, when they had taken armours, (or arms, or weapons), they went forth far from the city, and they were made next to (their) enemies, and sat (waiting).

²⁸ Forsooth in (or at) the first rising of the sun, both joined battle; these soothly had the Lord (as a) promiser of victory and prosperity; for they had (their own) hardiness (as) the duke of (the) battle. [Forsooth in the first rising of the sun, both joined; these soothly having the Lord promiser of victory and prosperity; they forsooth had their own inwit, or will, duke of battle.]