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2 Maccabees 10:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 10:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Having success at arms in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds.(A)
Judas Defeats Timothy
24 Now Timothy, who had been defeated by the Jews before, gathered a tremendous force of mercenaries and collected the cavalry from Asia in no small number. He came on, intending to take Judea by storm.(B) 25 As he drew near, Maccabeus and his men sprinkled dust on their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God.(C)
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