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2 Maccabees 11:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 11:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Invading Judea, he approached Beth-zur, which was a fortified place about five schoinoi[a] from Jerusalem, and pressed it hard.(A)
6 When Maccabeus and his men got word that Lysias[b] was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people, with lamentations and tears, prayed the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel.(B) 7 Maccabeus himself was the first to take up arms, and he urged the others to risk their lives with him to aid their kindred. Then they eagerly rushed off together.
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