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Vigorously pressing home their attack, they seized possession of these vantage points, beating off all who fought on the ramparts; they slaughtered all who fell into their hands, accounting for no fewer than twenty thousand. (2 Maccabees 10, 17)
Now Lysias was not lacking in intelligence and, as he reflected on the reverse he had just suffered, he realised that the Hebrews were invincible because the mighty God fought for them. He therefore sent them a delegation (2 Maccabees 11, 13)
Nicanor, however, had heard how brave Judas and his men were and how resolutely they always fought for their country, and he did not dare allow bloodshed to decide the issue. (2 Maccabees 14, 18)
They stood firm against their enemies, fought off their foes. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 3)
My soul has fought to possess her, I have been scrupulous in keeping the Law; I have stretched out my hands to heaven and bewailed how little I knew of her; (Ecclesiasticus 51, 19)
Then Yahweh will sally out and fight those nations as once he fought on the day of battle. (Zechariah 14, 3)
And this is the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the nations who have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets; their tongues will rot in their mouths. (Zechariah 14, 12)
Jesus replied, 'Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not belong here.' (John 18, 36)
If I fought wild animals at Ephesus in a purely human perspective, what had I to gain by it? (1 Corinthians 15, 32)
I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; (2 Timothy 4, 7)
And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, (Revelation 12, 7)
I seemed to be looking at a sea of crystal suffused with fire, and standing by the lake of glass, those who had fought against the beast and won, and against his statue and the number which is his name. They all had harps from God, (Revelation 15, 2)