Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 4:17
Source: Septuagint
Original
17and said to the people, Be not greedy of the spoils, inasmuch as there is a battle before us,
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15Howbeit all the hindmost of them were slain with the sword: for they pursued them unto Gazara, and unto the plains of Idumea, and Azotus, and Jamnia, so that there were slain of them as many as three thousand men.
16This done, Judas returned again with his host from pursuing them,
— 1 Maccabees 4:17 —
18and Gorgias and his host are here by us in the mountain: but stand ye now against our enemies, and overcome them, and after this ye may boldly take the spoils.
19As Judas was yet speaking these words, there appeared a part of them looking out of the mountain: