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2 Maccabees 14:15-17
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 14:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Nicanor Makes Peace with Judas. When the Jews learned that Nicanor was approaching and that the Gentiles were rallying to his support, they sprinkled dust over themselves and prayed to him who had established his people forever and who always came to the aid of his heritage. 16 At the command of their leader, they set out from there immediately and confronted the enemy at the village of Adasa.[a] 17 Simon, the brother of Judas, engaged in battle with Nicanor, but suffered a minor setback due to the sudden appearance of the enemy.
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- 2 Maccabees 14:16 Adasa: a name that occurs only here and whose location is disputed. In any case, it had to be north of, and not far away from, Jerusalem since it was in this area that the parallel events narrated in 1 Mac 7:26-50 took place.
