15 if not for their own sakes, then for the covenants made with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name. (WEB) 16 So Maccabaeus gathered his men together, six thousand in number, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them, but to fight nobly, (WEB) 17 setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the torture of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the way of life received from their ancestors. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 8:15–17
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