1 Maccabees 9:45
“For behold, the battell is before vs and behinde vs, and the water of Iordan on this side and that side, the marish likewise and wood, neither is there place for vs to turne aside.”
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1 Maccabees 9:45 Context
43Now when Bacchides heard hereof, hee came on the Sabbath day vnto the banks of Iordan with a great power. 44Then Ionathan sayde to his company, Let vs goe vp now and fight for our liues, for it standeth not with vs to day, as in time past: 45For behold, the battell is before vs and behinde vs, and the water of Iordan on this side and that side, the marish likewise and wood, neither is there place for vs to turne aside. 46Wherefore cry ye now vnto heauen, that ye may be deliuered from the hand of your enemies. 47With that they ioyned battel, and Ionathan stretched foorth his hand to smite Bacchides, but hee turned backe from him.
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For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, neither is there place for us to turn aside.
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