| I Maccabees 4:6
| And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:
| Three. We find seven thousand elsewhere. He was at the head of three thousand, and set his three brothers over fifteen hundred each. --- Who. Some copies read, "because." He could arm no more completely. --- Swords. This is added in Greek and in some Latin copies. Having already gained two victories, they must have had some swords, with which they slew the fugitives, ver. 15. (Calmet) --- They were ill armed, through poverty (Josephus) chiefly, (Haydock) using slings, Zacharias 9:15. (Calmet) --- Confidence in God procureth his assistance, ver. 8. (Worthington)
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