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2 Maccabees 8:23-25
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 8:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 Next, he appointed Eleazar[a] to read aloud from the holy book, and he gave them the rallying cry, “The help of God.” Then, taking command of the first division, he joined battle with Nicanor.
24 With the Almighty as their ally, they slaughtered more than nine thousand of the enemy, wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor’s army, and put all of them to flight. 25 They also appropriated the money of those who had come to purchase them as slaves. After pursuing the enemy for a considerable time,
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- 2 Maccabees 8:23 Eleazar: another brother, who was killed at Beth-zechariah (1 Mac 2:5; 6:43-46). The help of God: a motto prescribed also in the War Scroll of Qumran for one of the banners of a returning army.
