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• If you are so confident in your forces, come down now to meet us on the plain and let us take each other's measure there; on my side I have the strength of the towns. (1 Maccabees 10, 71)

• The king appointed Cendebaeus military governor of the coastal region and allotted him a force of infantry and cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 38)

• He also sent people to Gezer to murder John, and sent written orders to the military commanders to come to him so that he could give them silver, gold and presents; (1 Maccabees 16, 19)

• Two other young men of outstanding strength and radiant beauty, magnificently apparelled, appeared to him at the same time and, taking their stand on each side of him, flogged him unremittingly, inflicting stroke after stroke. (2 Maccabees 3, 26)

• Then, on the strength of a false report that Antiochus was dead, Jason took at least a thousand men and launched an unexpected attack on the city. When the walls had been breached and the city was finally on the point of being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the Citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)

• Confident in the strength of their walls and their stock of provisions, the besieged adopted an insolent attitude to Judas and his men, reinforcing their insults with blasphemies and profanity. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)

• A kindly glance gives joy to the heart, good news lends strength to the bones. (Proverbs 15, 30)

• The pride of the young is their strength, the ornament of the old, grey hairs. (Proverbs 20, 29)

• The wicked man's strength shows on his face, but the honest it is whose steps are firm. (Proverbs 21, 29)

• The wise is mighty in power, strength is reinforced by science; (Proverbs 24, 5)

• If you lose heart when things go wrong, your strength is not worth much. (Proverbs 24, 10)

• ants, a race with no strength, yet in the summer they make sure of their food; (Proverbs 30, 25)