37 “You chose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people. (WEB) 38 Take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and don’t allow them to live any longer.” (WEB) 39 Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Bethhoron, and there the Syrian army met him. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:37–39
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