2 Maccabees 8:21-23

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Judas Defeats Nicanor

²¹With these words he filled them with good courage and made them ready to die for their laws and their country; then he divided his army into four parts. ²²He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each. ²³Besides, he appointed Elea′zar to read aloud^[a] from the holy book, and gave the watchword, “God’s help”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nica′nor.

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2 Maccabees 8:23 The Greek text of this clause is uncertain

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