1 Maccabees 4:28-30

Good News Translation

²⁸In the following year Lysias gathered an army of 60,000 well-trained infantry and 5,000 cavalry, intending to conquer the Jews. ²⁹They marched into Idumea and camped at Bethzur. Judas came to meet them with 10,000 men. ³⁰^(A)When Judas saw how strong the enemy's army was, he prayed,

We will praise you, Savior of Israel. You broke the attack of the giant by the hand of your servant David and you let Saul's son Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons defeat the entire Philistine army.

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