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20 and the time of the battle against the Galatians that took place in Babylonia, when eight thousand Jews[a] fought along with four thousand Macedonians; yet when the Macedonians were hard pressed, the eight thousand, by the help that came to them from heaven, destroyed one hundred and twenty thousand Galatians[b] and took a great amount of booty.

Judas Defeats Nicanor

21 With these words he filled them with courage and made them ready to die for their laws and their country; then he divided his army into four parts. 22 He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Maccabees 8:20 Gk lacks Jews
  2. 2 Maccabees 8:20 Gk lacks Galatians

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