2 Maccabees 15:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ But the Maccabee was fully confident in his hope of obtaining the Lord’s help. ⁸ So he encouraged his troops not to fear the Gentiles’ attack but to remember the aid they had previously received from heaven and to look for victory from the almighty now. ⁹ Reassuring them with words from the Law and the Prophets, and reminding them of the struggles they had overcome, he made them even more eager.