Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The defenders also made war machines to oppose those of the enemy, and so the battle went on for a long time. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days. 1 Maccabees 6:50And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it. 1 Maccabees 6:51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings. 1 Maccabees 6:53 But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up. 1 Maccabees 6:54 And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place. Context 1 Maccabees 6…51And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings. 52And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days. 53But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:50 And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it. 1 Maccabees 6:51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings. 1 Maccabees 6:53 But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up. 1 Maccabees 6:54 And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place. |
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