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1 Maccabees 7:34-41 World English Bible (WEB)

34. And he mocked them, and laughed at them, and entreated them shamefully, and spoke haughtily,

35. and sware in a rage, saying, Unless Judas and his army be now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I come again in peace, I will burn up this house: and he went out in a great rage.

36. And the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple; and they wept, and said,

37. You did choose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people:

38. take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to live any longer.

39. And Nicanor went forth from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bethhoron, and there met him the host of Syria.

40. And Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed and said,

41. When they that came from the king blasphemed, your angel went out, and struck among them a hundred and fourscore and five thousand.

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