2 Maccabees 8:26

2 Maccabees 8:26 Context

²⁴And by the helpe of the Almightie, they slew aboue nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanors hoste, and so put all to flight: ²⁵And tooke their money that came to buy them, and pursued them farre: but lacking time, they returned. ²⁶For it was the day before the Sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them. ²⁷So when they had gathered their armour together, and spoiled their enemies, they occupied themselues about the Sabbath, yeelding exceeding praise, & thanks to the Lord, who had preserued them vnto þ^e day, which was the beginning of mercy, distilling vpon them. ²⁸And after the Sabbath, when they had giuen part of the spoiles to the maimed, and the widdowes, and Orphanes, the residue they diuided among themselues, and their seruants.

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