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1 Maccabees 4:33 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with thanksgiving.” "

1 Maccabees 4:33

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

32 Give them faintness of heart. Cause the boldness of their strength to melt away, and let them quake at their destruction.

33 Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with thanksgiving.”

34 They joined in battle; and about five thousand men of Lysias’ army fell. They fell down near them.

35 But when Lysias saw that his troops were put to flight, and the boldness that had come upon those who were with Judas, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch, and gathered together hired soldiers, that he might come again into Judea with an even greater army.

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1 Maccabees 4:1

"Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,"

1 Maccabees 4:2

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"Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus"

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"while the forces were still dispersed from the camp."

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"Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”"

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