Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Lysias chose Nicanor, Gorgias, and Ptolemy son of Dorymenes as army commanders; all three were able men who bore the title "Friend of the King." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then Lysias chose Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends. 1 Maccabees 3:36And that he should settle strangers, to dwell in all their coasts, and divide their land by lot. 1 Maccabees 3:37 So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went forth from Antioch, the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the higher countries. 1 Maccabees 3:39 And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, according to the king's orders. 1 Maccabees 3:40 So they went forth with all their power, and came, and pitched near Emmaus, in the plain country. Context 1 Maccabees 3…37So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went forth from Antioch, the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the higher countries. 38Then Lysias chose Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends. 39And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, according to the king's orders.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 3:36 And that he should settle strangers, to dwell in all their coasts, and divide their land by lot. 1 Maccabees 3:37 So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went forth from Antioch, the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the higher countries. 1 Maccabees 3:39 And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, according to the king's orders. 1 Maccabees 3:40 So they went forth with all their power, and came, and pitched near Emmaus, in the plain country. |
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