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So Maccabaeus gathered his men together, six thousand in number, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them, but to fight nobly,
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Seven thousand. In the Greek it is six thousand. But then three thousand of them had no arms. 1 Maccabees 4:6. Challoner.—If the army was divided into four companies of 1,500, there would be only 6,000. But if Judas had with him 3,000, it would consist of 7,500. Calmet.—Reconciled. Greek “consternated at,” and so forth Bible.
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