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Invading Judea, he approached Beth-zur, which was a fortified place about five leagues[a] from Jerusalem, and pressed it hard.

When Maccabe′us and his men got word that Lys′ias[b] was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people, with lamentations and tears, besought the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel. Maccabe′us himself was the first to take up arms, and he urged the others to risk their lives with him to aid their brethren. Then they eagerly rushed off together.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Maccabees 11:5 About twenty miles. The text is uncertain here
  2. 2 Maccabees 11:6 Gk he

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