2 Maccabees 13:18 - Catholic Public Domain Version

But the king, having received a taste of the audacity of the Jews, attempted to take the difficult places by craftiness.

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Having received a taste of the Jews’ courage, the king made an attempt on their military positions through other tricks.

But the king having taken

This taste of Jewish daring was enough to convince King Antiochus that he had to find some better way of capturing the Jewish positions.

But the king, having had a taste of the exceeding boldness of the Jews, made strategic attacks on their positions,

King Antiochus had seen how bravely our Jewish soldiers fought. So he decided on a plan to destroy the places where they had stationed their troops.

This taste of Jewish daring was enough to convince King Antiochus that he had to find some better way of capturing the Jewish positions.

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