Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation set up camp outside of Joppa. The men of the city refused to let them in because there was a detachment of Apollonius' troops there, but Jonathan attacked, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it. 1 Maccabees 10:73And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to? 1 Maccabees 10:74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him. 1 Maccabees 10:76 And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe. 1 Maccabees 10:77 And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army. Context 1 Maccabees 10…74Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him. 75And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it. 76And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 10:73 And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to? 1 Maccabees 10:74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him. 1 Maccabees 10:76 And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe. 1 Maccabees 10:77 And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army. |