Connected to database DB1 | Judas Maccabaeus - early victories. 1Mace.3.1-26 | KNSB Contents | notes| 3 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 3 1 | Then Judas his son, who was called Maccabeus, took command in his place. | Judas Maccabaeus - early victories. 1Mace.3.1-26 | 2Mace.8.1-7 | |
| 2 | All his brothers and all who had joined his father helped him; they gladly fought for Israel. | ||
| 3 | He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword. | ||
| 4 | He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion's cub roaring for prey. | ||
| 5 | He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people. | ||
| 6 | Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand. | ||
| 7 | He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever. | ||
| 8 | He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel. | ||
| 9 | He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing. | ||
| 10 | But Apollonius gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel. | ||
| 11 | When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him, and he defeated and killed him. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled. | ||
| 12 | Then they seized their spoils; and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and used it in battle the rest of his life. | ||
| 13 | Now when Seron, the commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful men who stayed with him and went out to battle, | ||
| 14 | he said, "I will make a name for myself and win honour in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions, who scorn the king's command." | ||
| 15 | And again a strong army of ungodly men went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the sons of Israel. | ||
| 16 | When he approached the ascent of Beth-horon, Judas went out to meet him with a small company. | ||
| 17 | But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, "How can we, few as we are, fight against so great and strong a multitude? And we are faint, for we have eaten nothing today." | ||
| 18 | Judas replied, "It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few. | ||
| 19 | It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven. | ||
| 20 | They come against us in great pride and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to despoil us; | ||
| 21 | but we fight for our lives and our laws. | ||
| 22 | He himself will crush them before us; as for you, do not be afraid of them." | ||
| 23 | When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were crushed before him. | ||
| 24 | They pursued them down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines. | ||
| 25 | Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell upon the Gentiles round about them. | ||
| 26 | His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas. | ||