2 Maccabees 15:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Encouraged by Judas’ words, so noble and capable of instilling valor and stirring young hearts to courage, they determined not merely to march, but to charge gallantly and decide the issue by hand-to-hand combat with the utmost courage, since city, sanctuary and temple were in danger. 18 They were not so much concerned about wives and children, or family and relations; their first and foremost fear was for the consecrated sanctuary.(A) 19 Those who were left in the city suffered no less an agony, anxious as they were about the battle in the open country.
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