1 Maccabees 3:44
“Then was the Congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battell, and that they might pray, and aske mercy and compassion.”
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1 Maccabees 3:44 Context
42Now when Iudas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, & that the forces did encampe themselues in their borders, (for they knewe how the king had giuen commaundement to destroy the people, and vtterly abolish them.) 43They said one to another, Let vs restore the decayed estate of our people, and let vs fight for our people and the Sanctuarie. 44Then was the Congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battell, and that they might pray, and aske mercy and compassion. 45Now Ierusalem lay voide as a wildernesse, there was none of her children that went in or out: the Sanctuarie also was troden downe, and aliens kept the strong holde: the heathen had their habitation in that place, and ioy was taken from Iacob, and the pipe with the harpe ceased. 46Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselues together, and came to Maspha ouer-against Ierusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.
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Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
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