Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This great defeat came about because the Jewish commanders wanted to be heroes and refused to obey Judas and his brothers. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Because they did not hearken to Judas and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully. 1 Maccabees 5:59And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle. 1 Maccabees 5:60 And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell on that day, of the people of Israel, about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the people: 1 Maccabees 5:62 But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel. 1 Maccabees 5:63 And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard. Context 1 Maccabees 5…60And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell on that day, of the people of Israel, about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the people: 61Because they did not hearken to Judas and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully. 62But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 5:59 And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle. 1 Maccabees 5:60 And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell on that day, of the people of Israel, about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the people: 1 Maccabees 5:62 But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel. 1 Maccabees 5:63 And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard. |
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