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Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of Judas and his men and their courage in battle for their country, shrank from deciding the issue by bloodshed. (2 Maccabees 14, 18)
Judas posted armed men in readiness at key places to prevent sudden treachery on the part of the enemy; they held the proper conference. (2 Maccabees 14, 22)
But when Alcimus noticed their good will for one another, he took the covenant that had been made and went to Demetrius. He told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against the kingdom, Judas, to be his successor. (2 Maccabees 14, 26)
When this message came to Nicanor, he was troubled and grieved that he had to annul their agreement when the man had done no wrong. (2 Maccabees 14, 28)
But Maccabeus, noticing that Nicanor was more austere in his dealings with him and was meeting him more rudely than had been his custom, concluded that this austerity did not spring from the best motives. So he gathered not a few of his men, and went into hiding from Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
When Nicanor heard that Judas and his men were in the region of Samaria, he made plans to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest. (2 Maccabees 15, 1)
This Nicanor in his utter boastfulness and arrogance had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men. (2 Maccabees 15, 6)
And he exhorted his men not to fear the attack of the Gentiles, but to keep in mind the former times when help had come to them from heaven, and now to look for the victory which the Almighty would give them. (2 Maccabees 15, 8)
Nicanor and his men advanced with trumpets and battle songs; (2 Maccabees 15, 25)
and Judas and his men met the enemy in battle with invocation to God and prayers. (2 Maccabees 15, 26)
So, fighting with their hands and praying to God in their hearts, they laid low no less than thirty-five thousand men, and were greatly gladdened by God's manifestation. (2 Maccabees 15, 27)
And the man who was ever in body and soul the defender of his fellow citizens, the man who maintained his youthful good will toward his countrymen, ordered them to cut off Nicanor's head and arm and carry them to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 15, 30)
