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1 Maccabees 4:21-26 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

21. When they saw all this, they were terrified, and when they also saw that Judas' army was in the plain ready for battle,

22. they all fled to Philistia.

23. Then Judas returned to loot the enemy camp; he took large amounts of gold and silver, blue and purple cloth, and other rich plunder.

24. When the Jews came back to their own camp, they sang a hymn: “The Lord is worthy of praise; his mercy endures for ever.”

25. That day brought a great victory to the people of Israel.

26. The Gentile troops that escaped went to Lysias and reported all that had happened.

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