1 Maccabees 3:4
“In his acts he was like a lyon, and like a lyons whelp roaring for his pray.”
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1 Maccabees 3:4 Context
2And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerefulnesse, the battaile of Israel. 3So he gate his people great honor, and put on a brestplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harnesse about him, and he made battels, protecting the host with his sword. 4In his acts he was like a lyon, and like a lyons whelp roaring for his pray. 5For hee pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt vp those that vexed his people. 6Wherefore the wicked shrunke for feare of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because saluation prospered in his hand.
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In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.
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