OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 15:1

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But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the region of Samaria, resolved to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest.

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Verse 1. But. Read here 1 B. 7:39. Worthington.—Samaria. Arab. “Sebaste,” which is the same. Yet Judas was at Adarsa, in the tribe of Ephraim. Calmet.—Sabbath. The profane take advantage of people’s tender consciences. But Judas being well-informed, fought on the sabbath. 1 B. 3:40.

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