sore afraid of him, and would see
his face no more.

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Nicanor also, when he saw that his counsel was discovered,
went out to fight against Judas beside Capharsalama:

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Where there were slain of Nicanor's side about five thousand
men, and the rest fled into the city of David.

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After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion, and there came out
of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the
elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to shew him
the burnt sacrifice that was offered for the king.

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But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them
shamefully, and spake proudly,

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And sware in his wrath, saying, Unless Judas and his host be
now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again in safety, I
will burn up this house: and with that he went out in a great
rage.

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Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and
the temple, weeping, and saying,

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Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy
name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people:

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Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the
sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to
continue any longer.

1 Mac 7:39
So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in
Bethhoron, where an host out of Syria met him.

1 Mac 7:40
But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there
he prayed, saying,

1 Mac 7:41
O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the
Assyrians blasphemed, thine angel went out, and smote an hundred
fourscore and five thousand of them.

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Even so destroy thou this host before us this day, that the
rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy
sanctuary, and judge thou him according to his wickedness.

1 Mac 7:43
So the thirteenth day of the month Adar the hosts joined
battle: but Nicanor's host was discomfited, and he himself was
first slain in the battle.

1 Mac 7:44
Now when Nicanor's host saw that he was slain, they cast away
their weapons, and fled.

1 Mac 7:45
Then they pursued after them a day's journey, from Adasa unto
Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets.

1 Mac 7:46
Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round
about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them
that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of
them was left.

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