2 Maccabees 8:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Preparation for Battle

¹² Word came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion; and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army, ¹³ those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s justice ran off and got away. ¹⁴ Others sold all their remaining property, and at the same time implored the Lord to rescue those who had been sold by the ungodly Nicanor before he ever met them,