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for they said, “Let us all die in our innocence; heaven and earth testify for us that you are killing us unjustly.”
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Elijah, because of great zeal for the law, was taken up into heaven.
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Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few.
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It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven.
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and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying, “What shall we do with these? Where shall we take them?
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But as his will in heaven may be, so shall he do.”
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And now, let us cry to Heaven, to see whether he will favor us and remember his covenant with our ancestors and crush this army before us today.
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On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven—“For he is good, for his mercy endures forever.”
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and fell face down on the ground. And when the signal was given with the trumpets, they cried out to Heaven.
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All the people fell on their faces and worshiped and blessed Heaven, who had prospered them.
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So Judas saw that the battle had begun and that the cry of the town went up to Heaven, with trumpets and loud shouts,
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Cry out now to Heaven that you may be delivered from the hands of our enemies.”
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for we have the help that comes from Heaven for our aid, and so we were delivered from our enemies, and our enemies were humbled.
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But now I have grown old, and you by Heaven’s mercy are mature in years. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation, and may the help that comes from Heaven be with you.”
