2 Maccabees 10:27

So 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.

So 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.

Rising from their prayer they took up their weapons, and advanced some distance from the city. When they had come near to their enemies, they halted.