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• Ptolemy promptly selected Nicanor, son of Patroclus, one of the Chief Friends, and sent him at the head of at least twenty thousand armed men of various nations to wipe out the entire Jewish race. With him he associated Gorgias, a professional military commander, well-versed in the art of war. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)

• Those inside, relying on the strength of the place, kept repeating outrageous blasphemies and uttering abominable words. (2 Maccabees 10, 34)

• Relying on the strength of their walls and their supply of provisions, the besieged treated Judas and his men with contempt, insulting them and even uttering blasphemies and profanity. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)

• A man called Dositheus, a powerful horseman and one of Bacenor's men, caught hold of Gorgias, grasped his military cloak and dragged him along by main strength, intending to capture the vile wretch alive, when a Thracian horseman attacked Dositheus and cut off his arm at the shoulder. Then Gorgias fled to Marisa. (2 Maccabees 12, 35)

• but Rhodocus, of the Jewish army, betrayed military secrets to the enemy. He was found out, arrested, and imprisoned. (2 Maccabees 13, 21)

• He approved of Maccabeus and left him as military and civil governor of the territory from Ptolemais to the region of the Gerrenes. (2 Maccabees 13, 24)

• Mine are counsel and advice; Mine is strength; I am understanding. (Proverbs 8, 14)

• When a wicked man dies his hope perishes, and what is expected from strength comes to nought. (Proverbs 11, 7)

• Where there are no oxen, the crib remains empty; but large crops come through the strength of the bull. (Proverbs 14, 4)

• The glory of young men is their strength, and the dignity of old men is gray hair. (Proverbs 20, 29)

• If you remain indifferent in time of adversity, your strength will depart from you. (Proverbs 24, 10)

• Give not your vigor to women, nor your strength to those who ruin kings. (Proverbs 31, 3)