Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "How long are you going to wait before you take revenge for what was done to our countrymen? Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren? 1 Maccabees 6:20And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines. 1 Maccabees 6:21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them. 1 Maccabees 6:23 We determined to serve thy father, and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts: 1 Maccabees 6:24 And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances. Context 1 Maccabees 6…21And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them. 22And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren? 23We determined to serve thy father, and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts:… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:20 And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines. 1 Maccabees 6:21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them. 1 Maccabees 6:23 We determined to serve thy father, and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts: 1 Maccabees 6:24 And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances. |
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