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thus he turned away wrath from Israel.
9He was renowned to the ends of the earth;
he gathered in those who were perishing.
10 down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
25 half of his forces and the elephants and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem,
35 and went to the camp to get the Israelites for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.
42Now Judas and his brothers saw that misfortunes had increased and that the forces were encamped in their territory. They also learned what the king had commanded to do to the people to cause their final destruction.
43But they said to one another, “Let us restore the ruins of our people and fight for our people and the sanctuary.”
44So the congregation assembled to be ready for battle and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.
45 1 Macc 1.33–36, 38, 39; 4.38 Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness;
not one of her children went in or out.
The sanctuary was trampled down,
and strangers held the citadel;
it was a lodging place for the nations.
Joy was taken from Jacob;
the flute and the harp ceased to play.
46 Judg 20.1; 1 Sam 7.5; 10.17 Then they gathered together and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah.
472 Sam 3.31; 1 Macc 2.14; 4.39They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and tore their clothes.
48And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the nations consulted the likenesses of their gods.
49Ex 28.4; Lev 27.30; Num 6.2, 13; Neh 10.35They also brought the vestments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the nazirites who had completed their days,
50and they cried aloud to heaven, saying,
“What shall we do with these?
Where shall we take them?
51 v 45 ; 1 Macc 1.39; 4.38Your sanctuary is trampled down and profaned,
and your priests mourn in humiliation.
52Here the nations are assembled against us to destroy us;
you know what they plot against us.
53How will we be able to withstand them,
if you do not help us?”
54 Num 10.9; 1 Macc 4.13; 5.33; 9.13; 16.8 Then they sounded the trumpets and gave a loud shout.
551 Macc 16.19After this Judas appointed leaders of the people in charge of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens.
56Deut 20.5–8; Judg 7.3; 1 Cor 9.7Those who were building houses or were about to be married or were planting a vineyard or were fainthearted, he told to go home, according to the law.
57Then the army marched out and encamped to the south of Emmaus.
58 Deut 31.6; 2 Sam 10.12 And Judas said, “Arm yourselves and be courageous. Be ready early in the morning to fight with these nations who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.
59It is better for us to die in battle than to see the misfortunes of our nation and of the sanctuary.
60But as his will in heaven may be, so shall he do.”
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