12. But tidings came to Judas concerning the inroad of Nicanor; and when he communicated to them that were with him the presence of the army,
13. they that were cowardly and distrustful of the judgement of God ran away and left the country.
14. And others sold all that was left over to them, and withal implored the Lord to deliver them that had been sold as slaves by the impious Nicanor or ever he met them;
15. and this, if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants made with their fathers, and because he had called them by his reverend and glorious name.
16. And Maccabaeus gathered his men together, six thousand in number, and exhorted them not to be stricken with dismay at the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them; but to contend nobly,
17. setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the shameful handling of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the mode of life received from their ancestors.
18. For they, said he, trust to arms, and withal to deeds of daring; but we trust on the almighty God, since he is able at a beck to cast down them that are coming against us, and even the whole world.