2 Maccabees 10:25
King James VersionSource notes
“But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth,”
Context
22So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the two castles.
23And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
24Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
25But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth,
26And fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declareth.
27So after the prayer they took their weapons, and went on further from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by themselves.
28Now the sun being newly risen, they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also unto the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle