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1 Maccabees 4:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They came into Idumaea and encamped at Bethsura. Judas met them with ten thousand men. "

1 Maccabees 4:29

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27 When he heard of it, he was confounded and discouraged, because the things he desired had not been done to Israel, nor had such things happened as the king commanded him.

28 In the next year, he gathered together sixty thousand chosen infantry and five thousand cavalry, that he might subdue them.

29 They came into Idumaea and encamped at Bethsura. Judas met them with ten thousand men.

30 He saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who defeated the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David, and delivered the army of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor bearer.

31 Hem in this army in the hand of your people Israel, and let them be ashamed for their army and their cavalry.

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