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2 Maccabees 11:5-7
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 11:5-7
Good News Translation
5 He invaded Judea and attacked the fort of Bethzur, about twenty miles south of Jerusalem.
6 When Judas and his men heard that Lysias was laying siege to their forts, they and all the people cried and wept, begging the Lord to send a good angel to save them. 7 Judas was the first to take up his weapons, and he urged the others to join him in risking their lives to help the other Jews. So with great eagerness they all set out together.
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