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• They advanced in battle order with the aid of their celestial ally, the Lord having had mercy on them. (2 Maccabees 11, 10)

• in the course of the ensuing battle a few Jews lost their lives. (2 Maccabees 12, 34)

• Meanwhile, since Esdrias and his men had been fighting for a long time and were exhausted, Judas called on the Lord to show himself their ally and leader in battle. (2 Maccabees 12, 36)

• Then, chanting the battle cry and hymns at the top of his voice in his ancestral tongue, by a surprise attack he routed Gorgias' troops. (2 Maccabees 12, 37)

• A second time, the king parleyed with the garrison of Beth-Zur; he offered and accepted pledges of friendship, retired, then attacked Judas and his men, but lost the battle. (2 Maccabees 13, 22)

• With these words he left them. The priests stretched out their hands to heaven, calling on him who has at all times done battle for our nation; this was their prayer: (2 Maccabees 14, 34)

• Everyone now awaited the coming issue. The enemy had already concentrated their forces and stood formed up in order of battle, with the elephants drawn up in a strategic position and the cavalry disposed on the wings. (2 Maccabees 15, 20)

• Fit out the cavalry for the day of battle, but the victory is Yahweh's. (Proverbs 21, 31)

• Another thing I have observed under the sun: that the race is not won by the speediest, nor the battle by the champions; it is not the wise who get food, nor the intelligent wealth, nor the learned favour: chance and mischance befall them all. (Ecclesiastes 9, 11)

• at the sound of my name fearsome despots will be afraid; I shall show myself kind to the people and valiant in battle. (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 15)

• Not that you were unable to hand the godless over to the upright in pitched battle or destroy them at once by savage beasts or one harsh word; (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 9)

• scarcely has he lain down to rest, when in his sleep, as if in broad daylight, he is troubled with nightmares, like one who has escaped from a battle, (Ecclesiasticus 40, 6)