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1 Maccabees 13:6
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6Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
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4By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
5Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
— 1 Maccabees 13:6 —
7Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
8And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.