1 Maccabees 3:44 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So the congregation assembled to be ready for battle and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

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So the congregation gathered to prepare for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

And an assembly was gathered together, so that they would be prepared for battle, and so that they could pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

And the assembly was gathered that they might be ready for battle: and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.

Then the whole community came together to prepare for war and to pray for God's mercy.

The congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

So Judas organized an army, and when his troops were ready, they prayed for God's mercy and kindness.