2 Maccabees 15:30
“And Iudas, who was euer the chiefe defender of the citizens both in body, and minde, and who continued his loue towards his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanors head, and his hand, with his shoulder, & bring them to Ierusalem.”
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2 Maccabees 15:30 Context
28Now when the battell was done, returning againe with ioy, they knew that Nicanor lay dead in his harnesse. 29Then they made a great shout, and a noise, praising the Almighty in their owne language: 30And Iudas, who was euer the chiefe defender of the citizens both in body, and minde, and who continued his loue towards his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanors head, and his hand, with his shoulder, & bring them to Ierusalem. 31So when he was there, and had called them of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the Towre, 32And shewed them vile Nicanors head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy Temple of the Almightie.
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And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor's head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
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