1 Maccabees 5:15
Good News Translation
They said, "An army from Ptolemais, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Galilee has come together to destroy us."

New Revised Standard Version
they said that the people of Ptolemais and Tyre and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles, had gathered together against them “to annihilate us.”

Contemporary English Version
and they said, "An army is ready to destroy us. It is made up of Gentiles from all over Galilee and of troops from the cities of Ptolemais, Tyre, and Sidon."

New American Bible
that “the inhabitants of Ptolemais, Tyre, and Sidon, and the whole of Gentile Galilee have joined forces to destroy us.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in order to consume us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in order to consume us.

1 Maccabees 5:13
And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.

1 Maccabees 5:14
And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words:

1 Maccabees 5:16
Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.

1 Maccabees 5:17
And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go into the country of Galaad:

Context
1 Maccabees 5
14And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words: 15Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in order to consume us. 16Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 5:13
And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.

1 Maccabees 5:14
And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words:

1 Maccabees 5:16
Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.

1 Maccabees 5:17
And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go into the country of Galaad:



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