1 Maccabees 3:18
Source: Septuagint
18Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company;
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16And when he came near to the going up of Beth-horon, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:
17who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
— 1 Maccabees 3:18 —
19for the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of a host; but strength cometh from heaven.
20They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us: