1 Maccabees 16:3-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
3 But now I have grown old, and you by Heaven’s[a] mercy are mature in years. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation, and may the help that comes from Heaven be with you.’
4 So John[b] chose out of the country twenty thousand warriors and cavalry, and they marched against Cendebeus and camped for the night in Modein. 5 Early in the morning they started out and marched into the plain, where a large force of infantry and cavalry was coming to meet them; and a stream lay between them.
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- 1 Maccabees 16:3 Gk his
- 1 Maccabees 16:4 Other ancient authorities read he
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