Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Jonathan and his men captured 50 of the traitorous leaders who had been involved in the plot and put them to death. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he apprehended of the men of the country, that were the principal authors of the mischief, fifty men, and he slew them. 1 Maccabees 9:59So they went, and gave him counsel. 1 Maccabees 9:60 And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them. 1 Maccabees 9:62 And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it. 1 Maccabees 9:63 And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea. Context 1 Maccabees 9…60And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them. 61And he apprehended of the men of the country, that were the principal authors of the mischief, fifty men, and he slew them. 62And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 9:59 So they went, and gave him counsel. 1 Maccabees 9:60 And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them. 1 Maccabees 9:62 And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it. 1 Maccabees 9:63 And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea. |