37. “You have chosen this house to bear your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people.
38. Take revenge on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and do not let them continue.”
39. Nicanor left Jerusalem and camped at Beth-horon, where the Syrian army joined him.
40. But Judas camped in Adasa with three thousand men. Here Judas uttered this prayer:
41. “When they who were sent by the king blasphemed, your angel went out and killed a hundred and eighty-five thousand of them.
42. In the same way, crush this army before us today, and let the rest know that Nicanor spoke wickedly against your sanctuary; judge him according to his wickedness.”