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1. And his son Judas, who was called
2. Maccaaeus, rose up in his stead. And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that clave unto his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of
3. Israel. And he gat his people great glory, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword.
4. And he was like a lion in his deeds, and as a lion's whelp roaring for prey.
5. And he pursued the lawless, seeking them out, and he burnt up those that
6. Troubled his people. And the lawless shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were sore troubled, and salvation prospered in his
7. Hand. And he angered many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and
8. His memorial is blessed for ever. And he went about among the cities of Judah, and destroyed the ungodly out of the land, and turned away wrath
9. From Israel: and he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered together such as were ready to perish.