1 Maccabees 5:65
Good News Translation
Then Judas and his brothers went to war against the Edomites to the south. He attacked Hebron and its surrounding towns, destroyed its fortifications, and burned down the towers around it.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Judas and his brothers went out and fought the descendants of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers on all sides.

Contemporary English Version
Judas and his brothers left Jerusalem with an army to invade the land south of them where the Idumeans lived. Their army surrounded the town of Hebron and its villages; then they destroyed its fortresses and burned its towers.

New American Bible
Then Judas and his brothers went out and attacked the Edomites in the land toward the south; he took Hebron and its villages, and he destroyed its strongholds and burned the towers around it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land towards the south, and he took Chebron and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof, and the towers all round it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land towards the south, and he took Chebron and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof, and the towers all round it.

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.

1 Maccabees 5:64
And the people assembled to them with joyful acclamations.

1 Maccabees 5:66
And he removed his camp to go into the land of the aliens, and he went through Samaria.

1 Maccabees 5:67
In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.

Context
1 Maccabees 5
64And the people assembled to them with joyful acclamations. 65Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land towards the south, and he took Chebron and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof, and the towers all round it. 66And he removed his camp to go into the land of the aliens, and he went through Samaria.…
Cross References
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.

1 Maccabees 5:64
And the people assembled to them with joyful acclamations.

1 Maccabees 5:66
And he removed his camp to go into the land of the aliens, and he went through Samaria.

1 Maccabees 5:67
In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.



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1 Maccabees 5:64
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