18 Judas said, “It is an easy thing for many to be hemmed in by the hands of a few. With heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few; (WEB) 19 for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army, but strength is from heaven. (WEB) 20 They come to us in fullness of insolence and lawlessness, to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to plunder us, (WEB)
1 Maccabees 3:18–20
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1 Maccabees 5:11–13
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