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2 Maccabees 11:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart, being ready to assail not only men but the wildest animals and walls of iron, "

2 Maccabees 11:9

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7 Maccabaeus himself took up weapons first, and exhorted the others to put themselves in jeopardy together with him and help their kindred; and they went out with him very willingly.

8 As they were there, close to Jerusalem, a horseman appeared at their head in white apparel, brandishing weapons of gold.

9 They all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart, being ready to assail not only men but the wildest animals and walls of iron,

10 they advanced in array, having him who is in heaven to fight on their side, for the Lord had mercy on them.

11 Hurling themselves like lions against the enemy, they killed eleven thousand infantry and one thousand six hundred cavalry, and forced all the rest to flee.

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2 Maccabees 8:18

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2 Maccabees 15:8

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"They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in him."

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"When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb."

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2 Maccabees 11:1

"Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened,"

2 Maccabees 11:2

"collected about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews, planning to make the city a home for Greeks,"

2 Maccabees 11:3

"and to levy tribute on the temple, as on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year."

2 Maccabees 11:4

"He took no account of God’s power, but was puffed up with his ten thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants."

2 Maccabees 11:5

"Coming into Judea and approaching Bethsuron, which was a strong place and about five stadia away from Jerusalem, he pressed it hard."

2 Maccabees 11:6

"When Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel."

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