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) 21 but we fight for our lives and our laws. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 3:19–21
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