“They stood against enemies, namely against the Amalekites, fighting with them, as is found in Exodus 17, and against the Midianites, Numbers 31. And against their foes, namely the Amalekites, they avenged themselves, namely by triumphing and slaying them, and this through the prayer of Moses and the raising of his han…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, Chapter 11
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3They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their adversaries.
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1She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
2They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited, and pitched tents in places where there lay no way.
— Wisdom of Solomon 11:3 —
4When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.
5For by what things their enemies were punished, by the same they in their need were benefited.