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And Maccabeus, having positioned six thousand men around him and having divided them into cohorts, went forth against Timothy, who had with him one hundred twenty thousand foot soldiers, and two thousand five hundred horsemen. (2 Maccabees 12, 20)
He embraced Maccabeus, and he made him commander and leader from Ptolemais all the way to the Gerrenians. (2 Maccabees 13, 24)
He responded: “Those among the Jews who are called Hasideans, of whom Judas Maccabeus is foremost, nourish wars, and raise seditions, and will not permit the kingdom to be at peace. (2 Maccabees 14, 6)
And so the king, being exasperated and provoked by this very wicked accusation, wrote to Nicanor, saying that he was certainly overburdened by the agreement of alliance, and he ordered him nevertheless to send Maccabeus quickly to Antioch in chains. (2 Maccabees 14, 27)
But Maccabeus, seeing that Nicanor acted more formally with him, and that, when they met together as usual, he exhibited insolence, understood this austerity not to be from goodness. So, gathering together a few men, he hid himself from Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
But Maccabeus, as always, trusted with all hope that God would be present to help them. (2 Maccabees 15, 7)
Maccabeus, considering the arrival of the multitude, and the various preparations of weapons, and the fierceness of the beasts, extending his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, who works miracles, who gives victory to those who are worthy, not according to the power of the weapons, but just as it pleases him. (2 Maccabees 15, 21)