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1 Maccabees 7:42-44
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 7:42-44
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
42 So also crush this army before us today; let the rest learn that Nicanor[a] has spoken wickedly against the sanctuary, and judge him according to this wickedness.”(A)
43 So the armies met in battle on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. The army of Nicanor was crushed, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle.(B) 44 When his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw down their arms and fled.
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