1 Maccabees 2:66
“As for Iudas Maccabeus hee hath bin mighty and strong, euen from his youth vp, let him be your captaine, and fight the battaile of the people.”
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1 Maccabees 2:66 Context
64Wherefore you my sonnes be valiant, and shew your selues men in the behalfe of the law, for by it shall you obtaine glory. 65And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsell, giue eare vnto him alway: he shall be a father vnto you. 66As for Iudas Maccabeus hee hath bin mighty and strong, euen from his youth vp, let him be your captaine, and fight the battaile of the people. 67Take also vnto you, all those that obserue the law, and auenge ye the wrong of your people. 68Recompence fully the heathen, and take heed to the commandements of the law.
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As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath been mighty and strong, even from his youth up: let him be your captain, and fight the battle of the people.
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