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Being encouraged by the words of Judas, which were noble and effective, and able to incite to virtue and to stir the souls of the young to manly courage, they determined not to carry on a campaign, but nobly to bear down upon the enemy, and fighting hand to hand with all courage bring the matter to a conclusion, because the city, the sanctuary, and the temple were in danger.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 17. Fight. Greek “not to fortify the camp,” ( Calmet.) or “remain there:” ( Bible.) μη στρατοπηδευεσθαι. Calmet.—Grabe reads στρατευεσθαι, “to act as soldiers.” Bible.—Syr. “not to trust in troops set in array, but to take courage, and to expose their lives, in this extremity, for their country and for the temple.”
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