2MA 15:17

17 And being encouraged by the words of Judas, which were of a lofty strain, and able to incite unto virtue and to stir the souls of the young unto manly courage, they determined not to carry on a campaign, but nobly to bear down upon [the enemy, ] and fighting hand to hand with all courage bring the matter to an issue, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.