1 Maccabees 3:19DRA
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"For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven."
Im Kontext
17But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?
18And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
19For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.
20They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
21But we will fight for our lives and our laws: