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2 Maccabees 8:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 8:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A) 22 He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each.(B) 23 Besides, he appointed Eleazar to read aloud[a] from the holy book and gave the watchword, “The help of God”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nicanor.(C)
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- 8.23 Meaning of Gk uncertain
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