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2 Maccabees 8:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Moreover Eleazer also, having read aloud the sacred book, and having given as watchword, “THE HELP OF GOD”, leading the first band himself, joined battle with Nicanor. "

2 Maccabees 8:23

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21 And when he had with these words filled them with courage and made them ready to die for the laws and their country, he divided his army into four parts.

22 He appointed his brothers, Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan, to be leaders of the divisions with him, giving each the command of one thousand five hundred men.

23 Moreover Eleazer also, having read aloud the sacred book, and having given as watchword, “THE HELP OF GOD”, leading the first band himself, joined battle with Nicanor.

24 Since the Almighty fought on their side, they killed more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and disabled most of Nicanor’s army, and compelled them all to flee.

25 They took the money of those who had come there to buy them as slaves. After they had pursued them for some distance, they returned, being constrained by the time of the day;

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"But when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s advance and the assault of the heathen, they sprinkled dirt on their heads and made solemn prayers to him who had established his own people for evermore, and who always, making manifest his presence, upholds those who are his own heritage."

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2 Maccabees 8:1

"But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and those who were with him, making their way secretly into the villages, called together their kindred. Enlisting those who had continued in the Jews’ religion, they gathered together about six thousand."

2 Maccabees 8:2

"They called upon the Lord to look at the people who were oppressed by all, and to have compassion on the sanctuary that had been profaned by the ungodly men,"

2 Maccabees 8:3

"and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him,"

2 Maccabees 8:4

"and to remember the lawless destruction of the innocent infants, and concerning the blasphemies that had been committed against his name, and to show his hatred of wickedness."

2 Maccabees 8:5

"When Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy."

2 Maccabees 8:6

"Coming without warning, he set fire to cities and villages. And in winning back the most important positions, putting to flight no small number of the enemies,"

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