2 Maccabees 8:12-14

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Preparation for Battle

¹² Word came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion, and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army,^{(A) 13} those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s justice ran off and got away.^{(B) 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,